Table of Contents for
Monday 24 Feb 2014

Volume No. 752Part No. 117

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House of Lords

Death of a Member: Lord Moran - Announcement

Courtesy Titles - Question

Drug Companies: Medical Trials - Question

Health: Folic Acid - Question

Health: Meningitis B Vaccine - Question

Pensions Bill - Report (1st Day)

Clause 2: Entitlement to state pension at full or reduced rate

Amendment 1

Amendment 2

Ukraine, Syria and Iran - Statement

Pensions Bill - Report (1st Day) (Continued)

Amendment 3

Schedule 1: Transitional rate of state pension: calculating the amount

Amendment 4

Clause 17: Effect of pensioner postponing or suspending state pension

Amendment 6

UK National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security - Question for Short Debate

Pensions Bill - Report (1st Day) (Continued)

Clause 23: Amendments

Schedule 12: State pension: amendments

Amendments 8 to 10

Clause 24: Abolition of contracting-out for salary related schemes etc

Amendment 11

Amendment 14

Schedule 14: Power to amend schemes to reflect abolition of contracting-out

Clause 27: Periodic review of rules about pensionable age

Amendment 16

Clause 30: Bereavement support payment

Amendment 22

Grand Committee

Arrangement of Business - Announcement

Public Bodies (Merger of the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Director of Revenue and Customs Prosecutions) Order 2014 - Motion to Consider

Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 (Transitional Provisions) (Amendment) Order 2014 - Motion to Consider

Electoral Registration (Disclosure of Electoral Registers) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 - Motion to Consider

Industrial Training Levy (Engineering Construction Industry Training Board) Order 2014 - Motion to Consider

National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Regulations 2014 - Motion to Consider

National Minimum Wage (Variation of Financial Penalty) Regulations 2014 - Motion to Consider

Public Bodies (Abolition of the National Consumer Council and Transfer of the Office of Fair Trading’s Functions in relation to Estate Agents etc) Order 2014 - Motion to Consider

Children: Competitive Sport - Question for Short Debate

Written Statements

Benefits: Income Support Lone Parent Statistics - Statement

Business Rates - Statement

Coroner Services - Statement

Cosmetic Interventions - Statement

Covert Surveillance and Covert Human Intelligence - Statement

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea - Statement

Department for Communities and Local Government: Recess Business - Statement

Energy: Carbon Capture and Storage - Statement

Energy: Fuel Markers - Statement

Energy: Oil and Gas - Statement

Flooding - Statement

Flooding: Reservists - Statement

G6 - Statement

Higher Education: Student Loans - Statement

Immigration - Statement

Licensing Act 2003 - Statement

Nuclear-powered Submarines - Statement

Pensions - Statement

Police: Remuneration - Statement

Railways: Franchises - Statement

Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 - Statement

School Teachers’ Review Body - Statement

Scotland Analysis - Statement

Social Work: Children - Statement

Sport: Legacies - Statement

Surveillance Camera Commissioner - Statement

Visas - Statement

Written Answers

Abortion - Questions

Agriculture: Deaths and Injuries - Question

Agriculture: Funding - Question

Agriculture: Genetically Modified Crops - Question

Agroforestry - Questions

Apprenticeships - Question

Armed Forces: Ex-Officers - Question

Armed Forces: Training - Question

Asylum Seekers - Questions

Autism - Question

Avian Flu - Question

Aviation: Air Passenger Duty - Question

Aviation: Air Quality - Question

Bahrain - Question

Bangladesh - Question

Banking: Regulation - Question

Benefits - Question

Caste Discrimination - Question

Central African Republic - Questions

China - Question

Climate Change - Question

Commonwealth: Membership - Question

Commonwealth: Secretariat - Question

Credit Unions - Question

Cyclists: Fatalities - Question

Diplomatic Service - Question

Drugs - Question

Economy: Household Incomes - Question

Education: Citizenship - Question

Education: School Holidays - Question

Elderly People: Emergency Treatment - Question

Elections: General Election - Question

Electoral Registration - Question

Embryology - Questions

Employment: Migrants - Question

Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 - Question

Environment: Bird Sanctuaries - Question

Eritrea - Questions

EU: Firearms - Question

EU: Foreign Policy - Question

EU: Referendum - Questions

EU: UK Membership - Question

EU: UK Personnel - Question

European Securities and Markets Authority - Question

Eurozone - Question

Finance: Payday Loans - Questions

Finance: Short Selling - Question

Flooding - Questions

Flooding: Insurance - Question

Food and Drink: Labelling - Question

Food: Flour Fortification - Questions

Government Departments: 0845 Telephone Numbers - Question

Government Departments: Expenditure - Question

Government Departments: Payroll Services - Questions

Gypsies and Travellers - Question

Health Education England - Questions

Health: Cancer - Question

Health: Cardiology - Question

Health: Diabetes - Question

Health: Meningitis - Question

Health: Patient Records - Question

Health: Polypill - Questions

Health: Spinal Cord Injuries - Question

Health: St Paul’s Way Health Centre - Questions

Higher Education: Overseas Students - Questions

Higher Education: Sport - Question

Homelessness: Rough Sleepers - Questions

Horticulture: Peat - Question

House of Lords: Meat - Question

Housing - Question

Immigration - Questions

Immigration Bill - Question

Immigration: Detention - Questions

India - Question

India: Golden Temple, Amritsar - Questions

Insurance: Financial Products and Insurance - Question

Interception of Communications Commissioner - Question

Internet: Broadband - Question

Israel - Question

Israel and Palestine: West Bank - Question

Lobbying - Question

Mental Health - Questions

National Audit Office - Questions

NATO: UK Personnel - Question

Network of African Science Academies–European Academies’ Science Advisory Council - Question

NHS England - Questions

NHS: Accident and Emergency Services - Question

NHS: Clinical Senates - Questions

NHS: Data - Question

NHS: Francis and Keogh Reports - Questions

NHS: Patient Deaths - Question

NHS: Seven-day Working - Question

Northern Ireland: Flags and Parades - Question

Overseas Aid - Question

Overseas Conflict: Explosive Weapons - Question

Pensions - Question

Pets for the Elderly Foundation - Question

Quangos - Question

Railways: Cornwall - Question

Railways: High Speed 2 - Question

Schools: Physical Activity - Question

Skills Funding Statement - Question

South Sudan - Question

Sport: Olympic Winter Sports - Question

State Aid - Question

Sudan - Questions

Transport: Taxis - Question

Tunisia, Israel and Palestine - Question

UN: Commission on the Status of Women - Questions

United Arab Emirates - Question

United Nations Commission of the Status of Women - Questions

United Nations Commission on Population and Development - Questions

United Nations: UK Personnel - Questions

Vladimir Bukovsky - Question

Waterways and Rivers - Question

Waterways: Dredging - Question

World Meteorological Organisation - Questions





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Monday 24 Feb 2014

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House of Lords [24 Feb 2014]

2.30 pm

Death of a Member: Lord Moran - Announcement

2.37 pm

The Lord Speaker (Baroness D'Souza):

Courtesy Titles - Question

2.37 pm

Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LD):

Baroness Deech (CB):

Lord Wallace of Saltaire:

Lord Dholakia (LD):

Column: 702

Lord Wallace of Saltaire:

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Lab):

Lord Wallace of Saltaire:

Lord Trefgarne (Con):

Lord Wallace of Saltaire:

The Countess of Mar (CB):

Lord Wallace of Saltaire:

Baroness Sharples (Con):

Column: 703

Lord Wallace of Saltaire:

Baroness Howarth of Breckland (CB):

Lord Wallace of Saltaire:

Baroness Gardner of Parkes (Con):

Lord Wallace of Saltaire:

Lord Dubs (Lab):

Lord Wallace of Saltaire:

Drug Companies: Medical Trials - Question

2.44 pm

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Earl Howe) (Con):

Column: 704

Lord Kennedy of Southwark (Lab):

Earl Howe:

Baroness Brinton (LD):

Earl Howe:

Lord Walton of Detchant (CB):

Column: 705

Earl Howe:

Lord Mawhinney (Con):

Earl Howe:

Lord West of Spithead (Lab):

Earl Howe:

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Lab):

Earl Howe:

Column: 706

Health: Folic Acid - Question

2.52 pm

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Earl Howe) (Con):

Lord Rooker (Lab):

Earl Howe:

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Lab):

Column: 707

Earl Howe:

Lord Patel (CB):

Earl Howe:

Baroness Gardner of Parkes (Con):

Earl Howe:

Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean (Lab):

Column: 708

Earl Howe:

The Countess of Mar (CB):

Earl Howe:

Baroness Brinton (LD):

Earl Howe:

Health: Meningitis B Vaccine - Question

3 pm

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Earl Howe) (Con):

Column: 709

Lord Turnberg (Lab):

Earl Howe:

Lord Avebury (LD):

Earl Howe:

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Lab):

Earl Howe:

Column: 710

Lord Patel (CB):

Earl Howe:

Baroness Masham of Ilton (CB):

Earl Howe:

The Earl of Listowel (CB):

Earl Howe:

Pensions Bill - Report (1st Day)

3.07 pm

Clause 2: Entitlement to state pension at full or reduced rate

Amendment 1

Column: 711

Baroness Hollis of Heigham (Lab):

Column: 712

3.15 pm

Column: 713


Column: 714

Baroness Drake (Lab):

Column: 715


Column: 716

3.30 pm

Column: 717

Lord Morris of Handsworth (Lab):


Column: 718


Column: 719

3.45 pm

Lord German (LD):


Column: 720

Lord Forsyth of Drumlean (Con):

Lord German:

Column: 721

Lord Browne of Ladyton (Lab):


Column: 722


Column: 723

4 pm

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Work and Pensions (Lord Freud) (Con):


Column: 724


Column: 725


Column: 726

4.15 pm

Baroness Hollis of Heigham:


Column: 727

4.21 pm

Division on Amendment 1

Column: 728

Contents 215; Not-Contents 210.Amendment 1 agreed.

Division No. 1 [] [24 Feb 2014]

Column: 729

Column: 730

Column: 731

4.34 pm

Amendment 2

Baroness Hollis of Heigham:

Lord Freud:

Baroness Hollis of Heigham:

Column: 732

Column: 733


Column: 734

4.45 pm

Lord Freud:

Baroness Finlay of Llandaff (CB):


Column: 735

Lord Rix (CB):

Column: 736

The Earl of Listowel (CB):

The Lord Bishop of Wakefield:


Column: 737

Lord German:

5 pm

Column: 738

Baroness Sherlock (Lab):


Column: 739


Column: 740


Column: 741

Lord Freud:

5.15 pm

Column: 742


Column: 743


Column: 744

Baroness Hollis of Heigham:

Lord Freud:

Column: 745

5.30 pm

Baroness Hollis of Heigham:

Lord Freud:

Baroness Hollis of Heigham:

Lord Freud:

Column: 746

Baroness Hollis of Heigham:

Lord Freud:

Baroness Hollis of Heigham:

Column: 747

Lord Freud:

Baroness Hollis of Heigham:

Column: 748

5.43 pm

Division on Amendment 2Contents 202; Not-Contents 237.Amendment 2 disagreed.

Division No. 2 [] [24 Feb 2014]

Column: 749

Column: 750

Column: 751

Ukraine, Syria and Iran - Statement

5.55 pm

Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LD):

Column: 752


Column: 753


Column: 754


Column: 755

6.08 pm

Lord Triesman (Lab):


Column: 756


Column: 757

Column: 758

6.18 pm

Lord Wallace of Saltaire:


Column: 759

6.22 pm

Baroness Falkner of Margravine (LD):

Lord Wallace of Saltaire:

Lord Jay of Ewelme (CB):

Column: 760

Lord Wallace of Saltaire:

Lord Howe of Aberavon (Con):

Lord Wallace of Saltaire:

Column: 761

Lord Hurd of Westwell (Con):

Lord Wallace of Saltaire:

Lord Wills (Lab):

Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean (Lab):

Lord Elystan-Morgan (CB):

Lord Judd (Lab):

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con):

Lord Wills:

Lord Wallace of Saltaire:

Lord Elystan-Morgan:

Column: 762

Lord Wallace of Saltaire:

The Lord Bishop of Wakefield:

Lord Wallace of Saltaire:

Baroness Williams of Crosby (LD):

Column: 763

Lord Wallace of Saltaire:

Lord Wallace of Saltaire:

Column: 764

Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB):

Lord Wallace of Saltaire:

Pensions Bill - Report (1st Day) (Continued)

6.44 pm

Amendment 3

Column: 765

Baroness Hollis of Heigham (Lab):

Column: 766

Baroness Turner of Camden (Lab):


Column: 767

Baroness Sherlock (Lab):

Column: 768

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Work and Pensions (Lord Freud) (Con):


Column: 769

7 pm

Column: 770

Baroness Hollis of Heigham:


Column: 771

Lord Freud:

Column: 772

Baroness Hollis of Heigham:

Schedule 1: Transitional rate of state pension: calculating the amount

Amendment 4

Lord Freud:


Column: 773

7.15 pm

Baroness Hollis of Heigham:

Lord Browne of Ladyton (Lab):


Column: 774

Clause 17: Effect of pensioner postponing or suspending state pension

Amendment 6

Baroness Hollis of Heigham:


Column: 775


Column: 776


Column: 777

7.30 pm

Baroness Sherlock:

Column: 778

Lord Freud:

Baroness Hollis of Heigham:

Lord Freud:

Baroness Hollis of Heigham:

Column: 779

Lord Freud:

Baroness Hollis of Heigham:

Lord Freud:

Baroness Hollis of Heigham:

Lord Freud:

Baroness Hollis of Heigham:

Lord Freud:

Baroness Hollis of Heigham:

Column: 780

Baroness Hollis of Heigham:


Column: 781

UK National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security - Question for Short Debate

7.47 pm

Column: 782

Baroness Prosser (Lab):

Column: 783


Column: 784

Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LD):

7.56 pm

Baroness Jenkin of Kennington (Con):

Column: 785

8.02 pm

Baroness Falkner of Margravine (LD):

Column: 786

Column: 787

8.08 pm

Baroness Hodgson of Abinger (Con):


Column: 788


Column: 789

8.14 pm

Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead (Lab):


Column: 790

8.19 pm

Baroness Tonge (Ind LD):

Column: 791

Column: 792

8.23 pm

The Lord Bishop of Wakefield:

8.26 pm

Baroness Thornton (Lab):


Column: 793

Column: 794

8.31 pm

Baroness Northover (LD):


Column: 795


Column: 796

Column: 797

Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LD):

8.44 pm

Pensions Bill - Report (1st Day) (Continued)

8.47 pm

Clause 23: Amendments

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Work and Pensions (Lord Freud) (Con):

Baroness Sherlock (Lab):

Lord Freud:

Schedule 12: State pension: amendments

Amendments 8 to 10

Column: 798

Clause 24: Abolition of contracting-out for salary related schemes etc

Amendment 11

Lord Whitty (Lab):


Column: 799


Column: 800

Column: 801

9 pm

Baroness Turner of Camden (Lab):

Column: 802

Lord Browne of Ladyton (Lab):

Column: 803

Lord Freud:

Column: 804

9.15 pm

Column: 805

Column: 806

Lord Whitty:


Column: 807

Amendment 14

Schedule 14: Power to amend schemes to reflect abolition of contracting-out

Clause 27: Periodic review of rules about pensionable age

Amendment 16

Baroness Turner of Camden:

Column: 808

9.30 pm

Baroness Sherlock:


Column: 809

Lord Freud:

Column: 810


Column: 811

Baroness Turner of Camden:

Clause 30: Bereavement support payment

Amendment 22

Column: 812

Baroness Hollis of Heigham:

9.45 pm

Column: 813


Column: 814

Baroness Sherlock:

Column: 815

Lord Freud:

Column: 816

10 pm

Column: 817

Baroness Hollis of Heigham:

Column: 818

Lord Freud:

Baroness Hollis of Heigham:

Lord Freud:

Baroness Hollis of Heigham:


Column: 819


Column: 820

Column: GC267

Grand Committee [24 Feb 2014]

Arrangement of Business - Announcement

3.30 pm

The Deputy Chairman of Committees (Baroness Andrews) (Lab):

Public Bodies (Merger of the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Director of Revenue and Customs Prosecutions) Order 2014 - Motion to Consider

3.30 pm

The Minister of State, Ministry of Justice (Lord Faulks) (Con):


Column: GC268

Lord Hope of Craighead (CB):

Lord Beecham (Lab):

Column: GC269

Lord Beecham:


Column: GC270

Lord Faulks:

Column: GC271

Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 (Transitional Provisions) (Amendment) Order 2014 - Motion to Consider

3.47 pm

Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LD):

Column: GC272

Lord Kennedy of Southwark (Lab):


Column: GC273

Lord Wallace of Saltaire:


Column: GC274

4 pm

Lord Kennedy of Southwark:

Column: GC275

Lord Wallace of Saltaire:

Electoral Registration (Disclosure of Electoral Registers) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 - Motion to Consider

4.02 pm

Industrial Training Levy (Engineering Construction Industry Training Board) Order 2014 - Motion to Consider

4.03 pm

Column: GC276

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (Viscount Younger of Leckie) (Con):


Column: GC277


Column: GC278

Lord Jones (Lab):

4.15 pm

Column: GC279

Lord Young of Norwood Green (Lab):

Lord Jones:

Lord Young of Norwood Green:

Column: GC280

The Deputy Chairman of Committees:

4.22 pm
4.32 pm

Lord Young of Norwood Green:

Viscount Younger of Leckie:

Column: GC281

Column: GC282

Viscount Younger of Leckie:

National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Regulations 2014 - Motion to Consider

4.39 pm

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (Viscount Younger of Leckie) (Con):

Column: GC283

4.45 pm

Column: GC284

Lord Jones (Lab):

Column: GC285

Lord Young of Norwood Green (Lab):


Column: GC286

5 pm

Viscount Younger of Leckie:

Column: GC287

Lord Young of Norwood Green:

Viscount Younger of Leckie:

Column: GC288

Column: GC289

Lord Young of Norwood Green:

Viscount Younger of Leckie:

National Minimum Wage (Variation of Financial Penalty) Regulations 2014 - Motion to Consider

5.10 pm

Public Bodies (Abolition of the National Consumer Council and Transfer of the Office of Fair Trading’s Functions in relation to Estate Agents etc) Order 2014 - Motion to Consider

5.10 pm

Column: GC290

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (Viscount Younger of Leckie) (Con):


Column: GC291

5.15 pm

Column: GC292


Column: GC293


Column: GC294

Lord Whitty (Lab):


Column: GC295

5.30 pm

Column: GC296


Column: GC297

Lord Harris of Haringey (Lab):


Column: GC298

5.43 pm
5.53 pm

Lord Harris of Haringey:

Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town:

Column: GC299


Column: GC300

6 pm

Column: GC302

Viscount Younger of Leckie:


Column: GC303

Lord Whitty:

6.15 pm

Viscount Younger of Leckie:

Column: GC304

Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town:

Viscount Younger of Leckie:

Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town:

Viscount Younger of Leckie:


Column: GC305

Column: GC306

Children: Competitive Sport - Question for Short Debate

6.23 pm

Baroness Heyhoe Flint (Con):


Column: GC308

6.33 pm

Column: GC310

6.38 pm

Lord Addington (LD):


Column: GC311

6.42 pm

Baroness Grey-Thompson (CB):

Column: GC312

Column: GC313

6.46 pm

Lord Allen of Kensington (Lab):


Column: GC314

6.50 pm

Lord Hoyle (Lab):


Column: GC315

6.55 pm

Lord Thomas of Gresford (LD):

Column: GC316

7 pm

Lord Moynihan (Con):


Column: GC317

7.03 pm

Lord Pendry (Lab):

Lord Hoyle:

Column: GC318

Lord Pendry:

7.08 pm

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara (Lab):


Column: GC319

7.11 pm

Lord Gardiner of Kimble (Con):


Column: GC320

7.15 pm

Column: GC321

Lord Thomas of Gresford:

Lord Gardiner of Kimble:


Column: GC322


Column: GC323

Column: GC324

Column: WS59

Written Statements [24 Feb 2014]

Benefits: Income Support Lone Parent Statistics - Statement

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Work and Pensions (Lord Freud) (Con):

Business Rates - Statement

The Commercial Secretary to the Treasury (Lord Deighton) (Con):

Column: WS60

Coroner Services - Statement

The Minister of State, Ministry of Justice (Lord Faulks) (Con):

Column: WS61

Cosmetic Interventions - Statement

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Earl Howe) (Con):

Column: WS62

Covert Surveillance and Covert Human Intelligence - Statement

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office (Lord Taylor of Holbeach) (Con):

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea - Statement

The Senior Minister of State, Department for Communities and Local Government & Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Baroness Warsi) (Con):

Column: WS63


Column: WS64

Department for Communities and Local Government: Recess Business - Statement

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Communities and Local Government (Baroness Stowell of Beeston) (Con):

Column: WS65


Column: WS66

Energy: Carbon Capture and Storage - Statement

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Energy and Climate Change (Baroness Verma) (Con):

Energy: Fuel Markers - Statement

The Commercial Secretary to the Treasury (Lord Deighton) (Con):

Column: WS67

Energy: Oil and Gas - Statement

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Energy and Climate Change (Baroness Verma) (Con):


Column: WS68

Column: WS69

Flooding - Statement

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Communities and Local Government (Baroness Stowell of Beeston) (Con):

Column: WS70

Flooding: Reservists - Statement

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence (Lord Astor of Hever) (Con):

G6 - Statement

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office (Lord Taylor of Holbeach) (Con):

Column: WS71

Column: WS72

Higher Education: Student Loans - Statement

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (Viscount Younger of Leckie) (Con):


Column: WS73

Immigration - Statement

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office (Lord Taylor of Holbeach) (Con):

Licensing Act 2003 - Statement

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office (Lord Taylor of Holbeach) (Con):


Column: WS74

Nuclear-powered Submarines - Statement

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence (Lord Astor of Hever) (Con):

Column: WS75

Pensions - Statement

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Work and Pensions (Lord Freud) (Con):

Column: WS76

Police: Remuneration - Statement

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office (Lord Taylor of Holbeach) (Con):

Column: WS77

Railways: Franchises - Statement

The Minister of State, Department for Transport (Baroness Kramer) (LD):

Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 - Statement

The Minister of State, Ministry of Justice (Lord Faulks) (Con):


Column: WS78

School Teachers’ Review Body - Statement

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Schools (Lord Nash) (Con):

Column: WS79

Column: WS80


Column: WS81

Scotland Analysis - Statement

The Commercial Secretary to the Treasury (Lord Deighton) (Con):

Column: WS82

Social Work: Children - Statement

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Schools (Lord Nash) (Con):


Column: WS83

Sport: Legacies - Statement

Lord Gardiner of Kimble (Con):


Column: WS84

Column: WS85


Column: WS86

Surveillance Camera Commissioner - Statement

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office (Lord Taylor of Holbeach) (Con):

Column: WS87

Visas - Statement

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office (Lord Taylor of Holbeach) (Con):

Column: WS93

Column: WA157

Written Answers [24 Feb 2014]

Abortion - Questions

Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LD):


Column: WA158

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Earl Howe) (Con):

Agriculture: Deaths and Injuries - Question

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Work and Pensions (Lord Freud) (Con):

Agriculture: Funding - Question

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Lord De Mauley) (Con):

Column: WA160

Agriculture: Genetically Modified Crops - Question

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Lord De Mauley) (Con):

Agroforestry - Questions

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Lord De Mauley) (Con):

Lord De Mauley:

Column: WA161

Lord De Mauley:

Lord De Mauley:

Apprenticeships - Question

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con):


Column: WA162

Armed Forces: Ex-Officers - Question

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence (Lord Astor of Hever) (Con):

Armed Forces: Training - Question

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence (Lord Astor of Hever) (Con):

Asylum Seekers - Questions

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office (Lord Taylor of Holbeach) (Con):

Column: WA163

Lord Taylor of Holbeach:

Autism - Question

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Earl Howe) (Con):

Column: WA164

Avian Flu - Question

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Earl Howe) (Con):

Aviation: Air Passenger Duty - Question

The Commercial Secretary to the Treasury (Lord Deighton) (Con):

Aviation: Air Quality - Question

Column: WA165

The Minister of State, Department for Transport (Baroness Kramer) (LD):

Bahrain - Question

The Senior Minister of State, Department for Communities and Local Government & Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Baroness Warsi) (Con):

Bangladesh - Question

The Senior Minister of State, Department for Communities and Local Government & Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Baroness Warsi) (Con):

Column: WA166

Banking: Regulation - Question

The Commercial Secretary to the Treasury (Lord Deighton) (Con):

Benefits - Question

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Work and Pensions (Lord Freud) (Con):

Caste Discrimination - Question

Column: WA167

Lord Popat (Con):

Central African Republic - Questions

Baroness Northover (LD):

China - Question

Column: WA168

The Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills & Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Lord Livingston of Parkhead) (Con):

Climate Change - Question

Baroness Northover (LD):

Commonwealth: Membership - Question

The Senior Minister of State, Department for Communities and Local Government & Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Baroness Warsi) (Con):

Column: WA169

Commonwealth: Secretariat - Question

Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LD):

Credit Unions - Question

Column: WA170

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Work and Pensions (Lord Freud) (Con):

Cyclists: Fatalities - Question

The Minister of State, Department for Transport (Baroness Kramer) (LD):

Diplomatic Service - Question

Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LD):

Column: WA171

Drugs - Question

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office (Lord Taylor of Holbeach) (Con):

Column: WA172

Economy: Household Incomes - Question

The Commercial Secretary to the Treasury (Lord Deighton) (Con):

Education: Citizenship - Question

Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LD):

Column: WA173

Education: School Holidays - Question

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Schools (Lord Nash) (Con):

Elderly People: Emergency Treatment - Question

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Earl Howe) (Con):

Column: WA174

Elections: General Election - Question

Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LD):

Electoral Registration - Question

Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LD):

Embryology - Questions

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Earl Howe) (Con):

Column: WA175

Earl Howe:

Earl Howe:

Employment: Migrants - Question

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Work and Pensions (Lord Freud) (Con):

Column: WA177

Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 - Question

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (Viscount Younger of Leckie) (Con):

Environment: Bird Sanctuaries - Question

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Lord De Mauley) (Con):

Eritrea - Questions

The Senior Minister of State, Department for Communities and Local Government & Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Baroness Warsi) (Con):

Column: WA178

Baroness Warsi:

EU: Firearms - Question

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office (Lord Taylor of Holbeach) (Con):

EU: Foreign Policy - Question

Column: WA179

Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LD):

EU: Referendum - Questions

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Work and Pensions (Lord Freud) (Con):

EU: UK Membership - Question

The Senior Minister of State, Department for Communities and Local Government & Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Baroness Warsi) (Con):

Column: WA180

EU: UK Personnel - Question

Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LD):

European Securities and Markets Authority - Question

The Commercial Secretary to the Treasury (Lord Deighton) (Con):

Eurozone - Question

The Commercial Secretary to the Treasury (Lord Deighton) (Con):

Column: WA181

Finance: Payday Loans - Questions

The Commercial Secretary to the Treasury (Lord Deighton) (Con):

Column: WA182

Finance: Short Selling - Question

The Commercial Secretary to the Treasury (Lord Deighton) (Con):

Flooding - Questions

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Lord De Mauley) (Con):

Column: WA183

Lord De Mauley:

Lord De Mauley:

Lord De Mauley:


Column: WA184

Lord De Mauley:

Lord De Mauley:

Lord De Mauley:

Column: WA185

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Communities and Local Government (Baroness Stowell of Beeston) (Con):

Flooding: Insurance - Question

Column: WA186

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Lord De Mauley) (Con):

Food and Drink: Labelling - Question

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Earl Howe) (Con):

Food: Flour Fortification - Questions

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Earl Howe) (Con):

Earl Howe:

Government Departments: 0845 Telephone Numbers - Question

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Lord De Mauley) (Con):

Column: WA188

Government Departments: Expenditure - Question

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (Viscount Younger of Leckie) (Con):

Government Departments: Payroll Services - Questions

Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LD):

Column: WA189

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence (Lord Astor of Hever) (Con):

Column: WA190

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Work and Pensions (Lord Freud):

The Senior Minister of State, Department for Communities and Local Government & Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Baroness Warsi) (Con):

The Commercial Secretary to the Treasury (Lord Deighton) (Con):

Column: WA192

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (Viscount Younger of Leckie) (Con):

Column: WA193

Gypsies and Travellers - Question

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Communities and Local Government (Baroness Stowell of Beeston) (Con):

Health Education England - Questions

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Earl Howe) (Con):

Column: WA194

Earl Howe:

Health: Cancer - Question

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Earl Howe) (Con):

Health: Cardiology - Question

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Earl Howe) (Con):

Column: WA195

Health: Diabetes - Question

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Earl Howe) (Con):

Health: Meningitis - Question

Column: WA196

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Earl Howe) (Con):

Health: Patient Records - Question

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Earl Howe) (Con):

Health: Polypill - Questions

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Earl Howe) (Con):

Column: WA197

Earl Howe:

Health: Spinal Cord Injuries - Question

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Earl Howe) (Con):


Column: WA198

Health: St Paul’s Way Health Centre - Questions

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Earl Howe) (Con):

Higher Education: Overseas Students - Questions

Column: WA199

Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LD):

Higher Education: Sport - Question

Lord Popat (Con):

Homelessness: Rough Sleepers - Questions

Column: WA200

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Communities and Local Government (Baroness Stowell of Beeston) (Con):

Baroness Stowell of Beeston:


Column: WA201

Horticulture: Peat - Question

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Lord De Mauley) (Con):

Column: WA202

House of Lords: Meat - Question

The Chairman of Committees (Lord Sewel):

Housing - Question

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Work and Pensions (Lord Freud) (Con):

Immigration - Questions

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office (Lord Taylor of Holbeach) (Con):

Column: WA204

Lord Taylor of Holbeach:

Immigration Bill - Question

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office (Lord Taylor of Holbeach) (Con):

Immigration: Detention - Questions

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office (Lord Taylor of Holbeach) (Con):

Column: WA206

India - Question

Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LD):

India: Golden Temple, Amritsar - Questions

Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LD):

Column: WA207

Lord Wallace of Saltaire:

Lord Wallace of Saltaire:

Insurance: Financial Products and Insurance - Question

The Commercial Secretary to the Treasury (Lord Deighton) (Con):

Interception of Communications Commissioner - Question

Column: WA208

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence (Lord Astor of Hever) (Con):

Internet: Broadband - Question

Lord Popat (Con):

Israel - Question

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence (Lord Astor of Hever) (Con):

Israel and Palestine: West Bank - Question

The Senior Minister of State, Department for Communities and Local Government & Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Baroness Warsi) (Con):

Column: WA209

Lobbying - Question

Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LD):

Mental Health - Questions

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Earl Howe) (Con):

Column: WA210

National Audit Office - Questions

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Communities and Local Government (Baroness Stowell of Beeston) (Con):

NATO: UK Personnel - Question

Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LD):

Column: WA212

Network of African Science Academies–European Academies’ Science Advisory Council - Question

Lord De Mauley (Con):

NHS England - Questions

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Earl Howe) (Con):

Earl Howe:

Column: WA213

Earl Howe:

NHS: Accident and Emergency Services - Question

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Earl Howe) (Con):

Column: WA214

NHS: Clinical Senates - Questions

Column: WA215

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Earl Howe) (Con):


Column: WA216

Column: WA217

NHS: Data - Question

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Earl Howe) (Con):

NHS: Francis and Keogh Reports - Questions

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Earl Howe) (Con):

Column: WA218

Earl Howe:

Column: WA219

NHS: Patient Deaths - Question

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Earl Howe) (Con):

NHS: Seven-day Working - Question

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Earl Howe) (Con):

Northern Ireland: Flags and Parades - Question

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Wales Office (Baroness Randerson) (LD):

Overseas Aid - Question

Baroness Northover (LD):

Column: WA221

Overseas Conflict: Explosive Weapons - Question

The Senior Minister of State, Department for Communities and Local Government & Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Baroness Warsi) (Con):

Pensions - Question

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Work and Pensions (Lord Freud) (Con):

Pets for the Elderly Foundation - Question

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Earl Howe) (Con):

Column: WA222

Quangos - Question

Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LD):

Railways: Cornwall - Question

The Minister of State, Department for Transport (Baroness Kramer) (LD):


Column: WA223

Railways: High Speed 2 - Question

The Minister of State, Department for Transport (Baroness Kramer) (LD):

Schools: Physical Activity - Question

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Schools (Lord Nash) (Con):


Column: WA224

Skills Funding Statement - Question

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con):

South Sudan - Question

The Senior Minister of State, Department for Communities and Local Government & Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Baroness Warsi) (Con):

Column: WA225

Sport: Olympic Winter Sports - Question

Lord Popat (Con):

Lord Popat:

Lord Popat:

Column: WA226

Lord Popat:

Lord Popat:

State Aid - Question

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (Viscount Younger of Leckie) (Con):

Column: WA227

Sudan - Questions

Column: WA228

The Senior Minister of State, Department for Communities and Local Government & Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Baroness Warsi) (Con):

Baroness Warsi:

Baroness Northover (LD):

Column: WA229

Transport: Taxis - Question

The Minister of State, Department for Transport (Baroness Kramer) (LD):

Tunisia, Israel and Palestine - Question

The Senior Minister of State, Department for Communities and Local Government & Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Baroness Warsi) (Con):


Column: WA230

UN: Commission on the Status of Women - Questions

Lord Popat (Con):

Lord Popat:

Column: WA231

United Arab Emirates - Question

Lord Popat (Con):

United Nations Commission of the Status of Women - Questions

Baroness Northover (LD):

Baroness Northover:

Column: WA232

United Nations Commission on Population and Development - Questions

Baroness Northover (LD):

United Nations: UK Personnel - Questions

Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LD):

Column: WA233

Lord Wallace of Saltaire:

Vladimir Bukovsky - Question

The Senior Minister of State, Department for Communities and Local Government & Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Baroness Warsi) (Con):

Waterways and Rivers - Question

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Lord De Mauley) (Con):

Column: WA234

Waterways: Dredging - Question

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Lord De Mauley) (Con):

World Meteorological Organisation - Questions

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (Viscount Younger of Leckie) (Con):

Column: WA235

Viscount Younger of Leckie:

Column: WA236