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Monday 13 Mar 2000

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Lead Shot Working Group

Go: Fares Complaint against Lufthansa

Civil Court Fees

Sudan

Business of the House: House of Lords Investigation

Procedure of the House: Select Committee Report

Learning and Skills Bill [H.L.]

Road Safety

Learning and Skills Bill [H.L.]

Written Answers

British Embassy, Beijing: DfID Staff

Mozambique: Helicopters for Relief Work

Sudan: Debt Cancellation

Sudan: Humanitarian Need

Sudan: Diversion of Humanitarian Aid

Sudan: NGO Activity

Ethnic Monitoring in Business

Ethnic Minority and Traveller Achievement Grant

Portable Humanitarian Mine Detector Development

Kosovo: Postal Service

UNMIK: Salaries and Expenses

Bosnia and Herzegovina: Electoral Law

Albanian Prisoners in Serbia

ABM Treaty: US/Russian Discussions

Burma: Genocide Charges

Sudan

Sudan/Eritrea/Uganda Agreements

Gambling Review Body

Criminal Injuries Compensation Board

Immigration Detainees

Plymouth City Council: Early Voting Pilot Scheme

Asylum Seekers: Support

Asylum Applications: Individual Consideration

Asylum Seekers: Oakington Detention Centre

Asylum Seekers: Dependants

Asylum Seekers: Removals and Voluntary Departures

Immigration Offenders: Tracing and Removal

Asylum Seekers: Voucher Scheme

Asylum Seekers: Statement of Legal Rights

New Millennium Experience Company: Advertising and Design Contract Awards

Child Support Reduced Benefit Directions

Sheep and BSE

Pakistani Basmati Rice

Arable Area Payments: Field Margins

Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Review Group: Report

Epichlorohydrin: Stabiliser Use in Sheep Dips

Road Building Schemes: Cost-benefit Analysis

River Don

Hedgerows: Revised Draft Regulations

Teenage Mothers: Supported Accommodation

GM Maize: Evaluation Programme

GM and Non-GM Crops: Distinction

Magnox Fuel

Life Peerages: Interim Appointments Committee

Committee on Standards in Public Life: House of Lords Investigation



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Lead Shot Working Group [13 Mar 2000]

Lord Kimball -- Lead Shot Working Group [13 Mar 2000]

Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton

Lord Kimball

Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton

Lord Tebbit

Column: 1276

Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton

Lord Harris of Greenwich

Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton

Lord Blaker

Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton

Go: Fares Complaint against Lufthansa [13 Mar 2000]

2.38 p.m.

Lord Brabazon of Tara -- Go: Fares Complaint against Lufthansa [13 Mar 2000]

The Minister of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (Lord Macdonald of Tradeston)

Column: 1277

Lord Brabazon of Tara

Lord Macdonald of Tradeston

Lord Clinton-Davis

Lord Macdonald of Tradeston

Column: 1278

Lord Elton

Lord Macdonald of Tradeston

Lord Bruce of Donington

Lord Macdonald of Tradeston

Baroness Thomas of Walliswood

Lord Macdonald of Tradeston

Lord Clarke of Hampstead

Lord Macdonald of Tradeston

Column: 1279

Lord Pearson of Rannoch

Lord Macdonald of Tradeston

The Lord Bishop of Hereford

Lord Macdonald of Tradeston

Civil Court Fees [13 Mar 2000]

2.49 p.m.

Lord Goodhart -- Civil Court Fees [13 Mar 2000]

The Lord Chancellor (Lord Irvine of Lairg)

Column: 1280

Lord Goodhart

The Lord Chancellor

Lord Ackner

The Lord Chancellor

Column: 1281

Sudan [13 Mar 2000]

2.54 p.m.

Baroness Cox -- Sudan [13 Mar 2000]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Baroness Scotland of Asthal)

Baroness Cox

Baroness Scotland of Asthal

The Lord Bishop of Bradford

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Baroness Scotland of Asthal

Lord Avebury

Column: 1283

Baroness Scotland of Asthal

Lord Cocks of Hartcliffe

Baroness Scotland of Asthal

Lord Biffen

Baroness Scotland of Asthal

Baroness Park of Monmouth

Column: 1284

Baroness Scotland of Asthal

Lord Moynihan

Baroness Scotland of Asthal

Column: 1285

Business of the House: House of Lords Investigation [13 Mar 2000]

3.7 p.m.

Viscount Cranborne

Lord Strathclyde

Column: 1286

The Lord Privy Seal (Baroness Jay of Paddington)

Column: 1287

Lord Elton

Baroness Jay of Paddington

Procedure of the House: Select Committee Report [13 Mar 2000]

3.14 p.m.

The Chairman of Committees (Lord Boston of Faversham)

Column: 1288

Lord Cocks of Hartcliffe

Lord Bruce of Donington

Column: 1289

Baroness Nicol

The Chairman of Committees

Column: 1290

Learning and Skills Bill [H.L.] [13 Mar 2000]

3.22 p.m.

Baroness Blatch

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Column: 1292

3.30 p.m.

Lord Campbell of Alloway

Baroness Sharp of Guildford

Column: 1293

Lord Northbourne

The Minister of State, Department for Education and Employment (Baroness Blackstone)

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Column: 1295

Lord Campbell of Alloway

Baroness Blackstone

Column: 1296

3.45 p.m.

Baroness Blatch

Column: 1297

Baroness Blatch

3.50 p.m.

Division No. 1 (Learning and Skills Bill [H.L.]) [13 Mar 2000]

Column: 1299

4 p.m.

Lord Tope

Column: 1300

Column: 1301

Baroness Darcy de Knayth

Lord Dormand of Easington

Column: 1302

Lord Pilkington of Oxenford

Lord Northbourne

Lord Rix

Column: 1303

4.15 p.m.

Baroness Blackstone

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Column: 1305

Column: 1306

Lord Northbourne

Column: 1307

Baroness Blackstone

Baroness Warnock

4.30 p.m.

Lord Bach

Baroness Warnock

Baroness Blackstone

Lord Tope

Column: 1308

Baroness Blatch

Column: 1309

Lord Bach

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Column: 1311

Baroness Blatch

Column: 1312

Baroness Blatch

4.47 p.m.

Division No. 2 (Learning and Skills Bill [H.L.]) [13 Mar 2000]

Column: 1313

4.57 p.m.

Baroness Sharp of Guildford

Column: 1314

5 p.m.

Lord Pilkington of Oxenford

Column: 1315

Lord Bach

Column: 1316

Baroness Sharp of Guildford

Baroness Blatch

Column: 1317

Baroness Sharp of Guildford

Baroness Warnock

Column: 1318

5.15 p.m.

Baroness Blackstone

Column: 1319

Baroness Sharp of Guildford

Baroness Blackstone

Baroness Blatch

Baroness Blackstone

Baroness Blatch

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5.21 p.m.

Division No. 3 (Learning and Skills Bill [H.L.]) [13 Mar 2000]

Column: 1322

5.32 p.m.

Lord Rix

Column: 1323

Lord Baker of Dorking

Column: 1324

Lord Addington

Column: 1325

Baroness David

5.45 p.m.

Lord Pearson of Rannoch

Column: 1326

Baroness Darcy de Knayth

Baroness Blatch

Column: 1327

Baroness Blackstone

Column: 1328

Column: 1329

Lord Baker of Dorking

Baroness Blackstone

Lord Rix

Column: 1330

6 p.m.

Lord Tope

Column: 1331

Lord Bach

Column: 1332

Lord Tope

Column: 1333

Baroness Blackstone

6.15 p.m.

Lord Haskel

Column: 1334

Baroness Sharp of Guildford

Lord Lucas

Baroness Blackstone

Lord Northbourne

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Column: 1336

Lord Tope

Column: 1337

Baroness Warnock

Baroness Blatch

Column: 1338

6.30 p.m.

Lord Lucas

Baroness Blackstone

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Column: 1340

Lord Northbourne

Baroness Blatch

Column: 1341

6.45 p.m.

Lord Pilkington of Oxenford

Column: 1342

Lord Tope

Column: 1343

Lord Bach

Column: 1344

Column: 1345

Baroness Blatch

Column: 1346

7 p.m.

Lord Pilkington of Oxenford

Baroness Blatch

Column: 1347

Lord Bach

Baroness Blatch

Column: 1348

Lord Bach

Baroness Blatch

Baroness Blackstone

Baroness Blatch

Baroness Sharp of Guildford

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Lord Bach

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Baroness Blatch

7.15 p.m.

Lord Tope

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Lord Bach

Lord Tope

Column: 1352

Baroness Blatch

Lord Tope

Baroness Blatch

Lord Tope

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Lord Bach

Column: 1354

7.30 p.m.

Baroness Blatch

Column: 1355

7.34 p.m.

Division No. 4 (Learning and Skills Bill [H.L.]) [13 Mar 2000]

Column: 1356

Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton

Road Safety [13 Mar 2000]

7.45 p.m.

Lord Davies of Oldham

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Column: 1358

Column: 1359

7.55 p.m.

Lord Brougham and Vaux

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8.2 p.m.

Lord Bradshaw

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Column: 1362

Column: 1363

8.9 p.m.

Viscount Simon

Column: 1364

8.15 p.m.

Baroness Thomas of Walliswood

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Column: 1366

8.23 p.m.

Earl Attlee

Column: 1367

Column: 1368

8.30 p.m.

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (Lord Whitty)

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Column: 1370

Column: 1371

Column: 1372

Lord Brougham and Vaux

Column: 1373

Lord Whitty

Learning and Skills Bill [H.L.] [13 Mar 2000]

8.44 p.m.

Baroness Sharp of Guildford

Baroness Blackstone

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Baroness Sharp of Guildford

Column: 1375

Baroness Blatch

Baroness Blackstone

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Column: 1377

9 p.m.

Baroness Blatch

Column: 1378

Baroness Blackstone

Column: 1379

Baroness Blatch

Baroness Blackstone

Baroness Blatch

Baroness Sharp of Guildford

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Baroness Blackstone

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9.15 p.m.

Baroness Sharp of Guildford

Baroness Blatch

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Baroness Blackstone

Column: 1383

Column: 1384

Baroness Blatch

Baroness Blackstone

Column: 1385

Baroness Blatch

Baroness Blatch

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9.30 p.m.

Lord Bach

Column: 1387

Baroness Blatch

Lord Bach

Baroness Blatch

Baroness Blackstone

Baroness Blatch

Column: 1388

Lord Rix

Baroness Darcy de Knayth

Baroness Blackstone

Lord Addington

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Baroness Darcy de Knayth

Column: 1390

9.45 p.m.

Lord Rix

Baroness Blatch

Column: 1391

Baroness Blackstone

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Column: 1393

Lord Addington

Column: 1394

Baroness Blackstone

Baroness Blatch

Column: 1395

10 p.m.

Baroness Blackstone

Baroness Blatch

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Baroness Blatch

Column: 1397

Lord Bach

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Column: 1399

10.15 p.m.

Baroness Blatch

Lord Tope

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Column: 1401

Baroness Blackstone

Column: 1402

Lord Tope

Column: 1403

10.30 p.m.

Baroness Blatch

Baroness Blackstone

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Column: 1405

Baroness Blatch

Baroness Sharp of Guildford

Column: 1406

Lord Bach

Column: 1407

Baroness Sharp of Guildford

Lord Bach

Baroness Sharp of Guildford

10.45 p.m.

Baroness Blatch

Column: 1408

Lord Bach

Baroness Blatch

Column: 1409

Lord Bach

Baroness Blatch

Baroness Blatch

Lord Bach

Column: 1410

Baroness Blatch

Baroness Sharp of Guildford

Column: 1411

Lord Bach

Baroness Blatch

Lord Bach

Column: 1412

11 p.m.

Baroness Blatch

Baroness Blatch

Baroness Blackstone

Column: 1413

Baroness Blatch

Baroness Blatch

The Deputy Speaker (Lord Ampthill)

Baroness Blackstone

Column: 1414

Column: 1415

Baroness Blatch

Baroness Blackstone

Baroness Blackstone

Column: 1416

Baroness Blackstone

11.15 p.m.

Baroness Blackstone

Baroness Blatch

Baroness Blackstone

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Column: 1418

Baroness Blatch

Baroness Blatch

Column: 1419

Lord Bach

Column: 1420

Baroness Blatch

Column: 1421

11.30 p.m.

Lord Roberts of Conwy

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Column: 1423

The Deputy Speaker (Lord Skelmersdale)

Lord Thomas of Gresford

Column: 1424

Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton

Column: 1425

11.45 p.m.

Lord Roberts of Conwy

Column: 1426

Lord Bach

Lord Bach

Lord Bach

Lord Bach

Column: 1427

Lord Bach

Lord Roberts of Conwy

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Column: 1429

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Midnight

Lord Thomas of Gresford

Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton

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Column: 1432

Lord Roberts of Conwy

Lord Bach

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Column: WA173

Written Answers [13 Mar 2000]

British Embassy, Beijing: DfID Staff [13 Mar 2000]

Lord Alton of Liverpool -- British Embassy, Beijing: DfID Staff [13 Mar 2000]

Baroness Amos

Mozambique: Helicopters for Relief Work [13 Mar 2000]

Lord Alton of Liverpool -- Mozambique: Helicopters for Relief Work [13 Mar 2000]

Baroness Amos

Sudan: Debt Cancellation [13 Mar 2000]

Lord Ahmed -- Sudan: Debt Cancellation [13 Mar 2000]

Baroness Amos

Column: WA174

Sudan: Humanitarian Need [13 Mar 2000]

Lord Ahmed -- Sudan: Humanitarian Need [13 Mar 2000]

Baroness Amos

Sudan: Diversion of Humanitarian Aid [13 Mar 2000]

Lord Ahmed -- Sudan: Diversion of Humanitarian Aid [13 Mar 2000]

Baroness Amos

Sudan: NGO Activity [13 Mar 2000]

Lord Ahmed -- Sudan: NGO Activity [13 Mar 2000]

Baroness Amos

Column: WA175

Lord Ahmed -- Sudan: NGO Activity [13 Mar 2000]

Baroness Amos

Lord Ahmed -- Sudan: NGO Activity [13 Mar 2000]

Baroness Amos

Column: WA176

Ethnic Monitoring in Business [13 Mar 2000]

Baroness Whitaker -- Ethnic Monitoring in Business [13 Mar 2000]

The Minister of State, Department for Education and Employment (Baroness Blackstone)

Ethnic Minority and Traveller Achievement Grant [13 Mar 2000]

Baroness Whitaker -- Ethnic Minority and Traveller Achievement Grant [13 Mar 2000]

Baroness Blackstone

Column: WA177

Portable Humanitarian Mine Detector Development [13 Mar 2000]

Lord Jopling -- Portable Humanitarian Mine Detector Development [13 Mar 2000]

The Minister of State, Ministry of Defence (Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean)

Kosovo: Postal Service [13 Mar 2000]

Lord Hylton -- Kosovo: Postal Service [13 Mar 2000]

Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale

UNMIK: Salaries and Expenses [13 Mar 2000]

Lord Hylton -- UNMIK: Salaries and Expenses [13 Mar 2000]

Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale

Column: WA178

Bosnia and Herzegovina: Electoral Law [13 Mar 2000]

Lord Hylton -- Bosnia and Herzegovina: Electoral Law [13 Mar 2000]

Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale

Albanian Prisoners in Serbia [13 Mar 2000]

Lord Hylton -- Albanian Prisoners in Serbia [13 Mar 2000]

Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale

ABM Treaty: US/Russian Discussions [13 Mar 2000]

Lord Jenkins, of Putney -- ABM Treaty: US/Russian Discussions [13 Mar 2000]

Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale

Column: WA179

Burma: Genocide Charges [13 Mar 2000]

Lord Alton of Liverpool -- Burma: Genocide Charges [13 Mar 2000]

Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale

Sudan [13 Mar 2000]

Lord Ahmed -- Sudan [13 Mar 2000]

Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale

Lord Ahmed -- Sudan [13 Mar 2000]

Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale

Lord Ahmed -- Sudan [13 Mar 2000]

Column: WA180

Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale

Sudan/Eritrea/Uganda Agreements [13 Mar 2000]

Lord Ahmed -- Sudan/Eritrea/Uganda Agreements [13 Mar 2000]

Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale

Gambling Review Body [13 Mar 2000]

Lord Shepherd -- Gambling Review Body [13 Mar 2000]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office (Lord Bassam of Brighton)

Column: WA181

Criminal Injuries Compensation Board [13 Mar 2000]

Lord Hoyle -- Criminal Injuries Compensation Board [13 Mar 2000]

Lord Bassam of Brighton

Immigration Detainees [13 Mar 2000]

Lord Hylton -- Immigration Detainees [13 Mar 2000]

Lord Bassam of Brighton

Column: WA182

Plymouth City Council: Early Voting Pilot Scheme [13 Mar 2000]

Baroness Fookes -- Plymouth City Council: Early Voting Pilot Scheme [13 Mar 2000]

Lord Bassam of Brighton

Asylum Seekers: Support [13 Mar 2000]

Lord Judd -- Asylum Seekers: Support [13 Mar 2000]

Lord Bassam of Brighton

Column: WA183

Lord Judd -- Asylum Seekers: Support [13 Mar 2000]

Lord Bassam of Brighton

Lord Judd -- Asylum Seekers: Support [13 Mar 2000]

Lord Bassam of Brighton

Column: WA184

Asylum Applications: Individual Consideration [13 Mar 2000]

Lord Judd -- Asylum Applications: Individual Consideration [13 Mar 2000]

Lord Bassam of Brighton

Asylum Seekers: Oakington Detention Centre [13 Mar 2000]

Lord Judd -- Asylum Seekers: Oakington Detention Centre [13 Mar 2000]

Lord Bassam of Brighton

Asylum Seekers: Dependants [13 Mar 2000]

Lord Elton -- Asylum Seekers: Dependants [13 Mar 2000]

Column: WA185

Lord Bassam of Brighton

Asylum Seekers: Removals and Voluntary Departures [13 Mar 2000]

Lord Elton -- Asylum Seekers: Removals and Voluntary Departures [13 Mar 2000]

Lord Bassam of Brighton

Column: WA186

Immigration Offenders: Tracing and Removal [13 Mar 2000]

Lord Elton -- Immigration Offenders: Tracing and Removal [13 Mar 2000]

Lord Bassam of Brighton

Asylum Seekers: Voucher Scheme [13 Mar 2000]

Lord Elton -- Asylum Seekers: Voucher Scheme [13 Mar 2000]

Lord Bassam of Brighton

Asylum Seekers: Statement of Legal Rights [13 Mar 2000]

Lord Elton -- Asylum Seekers: Statement of Legal Rights [13 Mar 2000]

Lord Bassam of Brighton

Column: WA187

New Millennium Experience Company: Advertising and Design Contract Awards [13 Mar 2000]

Baroness Anelay of St Johns -- New Millennium Experience Company: Advertising and Design Contract Awards [13 Mar 2000]

The Minister of State, Cabinet Office (Lord Falconer of Thoroton)

Baroness Anelay of St Johns -- New Millennium Experience Company: Advertising and Design Contract Awards [13 Mar 2000]

Lord Falconer of Thoroton

Child Support Reduced Benefit Directions [13 Mar 2000]

Earl Russell -- Child Support Reduced Benefit Directions [13 Mar 2000]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Social Security (Baroness Hollis of Heigham)

Column: WA188

Earl Russell -- Child Support Reduced Benefit Directions [13 Mar 2000]

Baroness Hollis of Heigham

Sheep and BSE [13 Mar 2000]

Lord Vinson -- Sheep and BSE [13 Mar 2000]

The Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Baroness Hayman)

Column: WA189

Pakistani Basmati Rice [13 Mar 2000]

Lord Ahmed -- Pakistani Basmati Rice [13 Mar 2000]

Baroness Hayman

Arable Area Payments: Field Margins [13 Mar 2000]

Lord Marlesford -- Arable Area Payments: Field Margins [13 Mar 2000]

Baroness Hayman

Column: WA190

Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Review Group: Report [13 Mar 2000]

Lord Evans of Watford -- Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Review Group: Report [13 Mar 2000]

Baroness Hayman

Epichlorohydrin: Stabiliser Use in Sheep Dips [13 Mar 2000]

The Countess of Mar -- Epichlorohydrin: Stabiliser Use in Sheep Dips [13 Mar 2000]

Baroness Hayman

Road Building Schemes: Cost-benefit Analysis [13 Mar 2000]

Lord Lipsey -- Road Building Schemes: Cost-benefit Analysis [13 Mar 2000]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (Lord Whitty)

Column: WA191

River Don [13 Mar 2000]

Lord Mason of Barnsley -- River Don [13 Mar 2000]

Lord Whitty

Hedgerows: Revised Draft Regulations [13 Mar 2000]

Lord Hardy of Wath -- Hedgerows: Revised Draft Regulations [13 Mar 2000]

Column: WA192

Lord Whitty

Teenage Mothers: Supported Accommodation [13 Mar 2000]

Baroness Gould of Potternewton -- Teenage Mothers: Supported Accommodation [13 Mar 2000]

Lord Whitty

GM Maize: Evaluation Programme [13 Mar 2000]

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer -- GM Maize: Evaluation Programme [13 Mar 2000]

Column: WA193

Lord Whitty

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer -- GM Maize: Evaluation Programme [13 Mar 2000]

Lord Whitty

GM and Non-GM Crops: Distinction [13 Mar 2000]

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer -- GM and Non-GM Crops: Distinction [13 Mar 2000]

Lord Whitty

Column: WA194

Magnox Fuel [13 Mar 2000]

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer -- Magnox Fuel [13 Mar 2000]

The Minister for Science, Department of Trade and Industry (Lord Sainsbury of Turville)

Life Peerages: Interim Appointments Committee [13 Mar 2000]

Lord Craig of Radley -- Life Peerages: Interim Appointments Committee [13 Mar 2000]

The Lord Privy Seal (Baroness Jay of Paddington)

Column: WA195

Column: WA196

Committee on Standards in Public Life: House of Lords Investigation [13 Mar 2000]

Baroness Pitkeathley -- Committee on Standards in Public Life: House of Lords Investigation [13 Mar 2000]

Baroness Jay of Paddington


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