Table of Contents for
Thursday 7 Apr 2005

Volume No. 671 Part No. 63

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NHS Commissioning Standards

Wild Birds

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Iraq

Crossrail Bill

Inquiries Bill [HL]

Disability Discrimination Bill [HL]

Railways Bill

Finance (No. 2) Bill

Appropriation Bill

Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2005

Education Bill [HL]

Gambling Bill

Serious Organised Crime and Police Bill

Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Bill

Drugs Bill

Crossrail Bill

International Organisations Bill [HL]

Royal Commission

Royal Assent

Prorogation: Her Majesty's Speech

Written Statements

Northern Ireland Prison Service Corporate and Business Plan 2005–08

Iraq: Prosecution of Trooper Williams

Trade Unions

Queen Victoria School

Disposal Services Agency: Key Performance Targets 2005–06

Oman: Ammunition

Army Training Ground, Otterburn

Football Betting

NHS and Department of Health: Recognised Trade Unions

NHS: Paybill Costs

Written Answers

Ulster-Scots Agency

Northern Ireland: Funding for Nationalist and Unionist Festivals

Northern Ireland: Northern Bank Robbery

Northern Ireland: Paramilitary Ceasefire

Northern Ireland: Arms Decommissioning

Northern Ireland Assembly

Africa: Aid

Northern Ireland: Teachers

Northern Ireland: Executive Programme Funds

Department for International Development: Sri Lanka Office

Prime Minister's Office: Contacts with BBC

Waterways Ireland

Sudan: Darfur

Northern Ireland: Cross-border Bodies

Police Service of Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland: Police Ombudsman

Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People

Newry and Mourne: Planning Permission

Iraq: Legality of Armed Force

Jubilee Line Fraud Case

Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and Inter-Parliamentary Union

Turkey: Human Rights

British Citizenship: Applications by Overseas Residents

Prisoners: Next of Kin

Justice and Community Safety Inspectorate

Asylum Seekers: Admissions

Prisoners: Young Adults

Helicopters

Armed Forces: Training on Private Land

Royal Navy: Ships

Royal Air Force: Exercises

Army: Infantry Units

Royal Air Force Centrifuge

Showmen's Guild of Great Britain

British Food Fortnight

Teacher Training

McKinsey and Co.

Licensing Act 2003

Civil Partnerships: Pension Rights

Equality Bill

Banking Services: Security

Arms Export Licences

Radioactive Waste Management

Cormorants

Lord Birt

Public Bodies



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names of speakers in the Lords Hansard text for
Thursday 7 Apr 2005

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Column: 877

NHS Commissioning Standards [7 Apr 2005]

Baroness Barker — NHS Commissioning Standards [7 Apr 2005]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Lord Warner)

Baroness Barker

Lord Warner

Lord Chan

Lord Warner

Column: 878

The Earl of Listowel

Lord Warner

Lord Skelmersdale

Lord Warner

Lord Skelmersdale

Lord Warner

Lord Avebury

Lord Warner

Column: 879

Earl Howe

Lord Warner

Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville

Baroness Masham of Ilton

Lord Warner

Wild Birds [7 Apr 2005]

11.14 a.m.

Baroness Byford — Wild Birds [7 Apr 2005]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Lord Whitty)

Column: 880

Baroness Byford

Noble Lords

Baroness Byford

Noble Lords

Baroness Byford

Lord Whitty

Earl Peel

Column: 881

Lord Whitty

Lord Shutt of Greetland

Lord Whitty

The Duke of Montrose

Lord Whitty

Column: 882

Greenhouse Gas Emissions [7 Apr 2005]

11.21 a.m.

Lord Ezra — Greenhouse Gas Emissions [7 Apr 2005]

Lord Whitty

Lord Ezra

Lord Whitty

Lord Lawson of Blaby

Column: 883

Lord Whitty

Lord Sheldon

Lord Whitty

Lord Jenkin of Roding

Lord Whitty

Column: 884

Lord Lea of Crondall

Lord Whitty

Iraq [7 Apr 2005]

11.30 a.m.

The Earl of Dundee — Iraq [7 Apr 2005]

The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean)

Column: 885

The Earl of Dundee

Noble Lords

The Earl of Dundee

Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean

Lord Graham of Edmonton

Noble Lords

Lord Graham of Edmonton

Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean

Lord Wallace of Saltaire

Column: 886

Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean

Lord Howell of Guildford

Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean

Column: 887

Crossrail Bill [7 Apr 2005]

11.36 a.m.

Lord Davies of Oldham

Lord Bradshaw

Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville

Earl Ferrers

Column: 888

Baroness Hamwee

Lord Dahrendorf

Lord Davies of Oldham

Column: 889

Inquiries Bill [HL] [7 Apr 2005]

11.45 a.m.

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs (Baroness Ashton of Upholland)

Baroness Ashton of Upholland

Column: 890

Column: 891

Lord Kingsland

Column: 892

Column: 893

Noon

Lord Goodhart

Column: 894

Baroness Ashton of Upholland

Lord Goodhart

Column: 895

Lord Lester of Herne Hill

Lord Ackner

Column: 896

Lord Laming

Lord Kingsland

Column: 897

Baroness Ashton of Upholland

Lord Kingsland

12.16 p.m.

Division No. 1 (Inquiries Bill [HL]) [7 Apr 2005]

Column: 899

12.28 p.m.

Baroness Ashton of Upholland

Column: 900

12.30 p.m.

Lord Kingsland

Column: 901

Lord Goodhart

Column: 902

Lord Ackner

12.45 p.m.

Baroness Ashton of Upholland

Column: 903

Lord Ackner

Column: 904

Column: 905

Lord Donaldson of Lymington

Noble Lords

Lord Donaldson of Lymington

1 p.m.

Column: 906

Lord Ackner

Lord Evans of Temple Guiting

Lord Lester of Herne Hill

Column: 907

Lord Laming

Baroness Ashton of Upholland

Lord Laming

Column: 908

Lord Kingsland

Column: 909

1.14 p.m.

Division No. 2 (Inquiries Bill [HL]) [7 Apr 2005]

Column: 910

1.24 p.m.

Column: 911

Baroness Ashton of Upholland

Disability Discrimination Bill [HL] [7 Apr 2005]

1.27 p.m.

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Work and Pensions (Baroness Hollis of Heigham)

Baroness Hollis of Heigham

Column: 912

1.30 p.m.

Lord Skelmersdale

Column: 913

Column: 914

Lord Morris of Manchester

Lord Carter

Column: 915

Lord Rix

Lord Addington

Baroness Masham of Ilton

Baroness Hollis of Heigham

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Column: 917

1.45 p.m.

Lord Higgins

Baroness Hollis of Heigham

Column: 918

Baroness Hollis of Heigham

Lord Carter

Railways Bill [7 Apr 2005]

1.51 p.m.

Lord Davies of Oldham

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Column: 920

Lord Davies of Oldham

Column: 921

Lord Bradshaw

Column: 922

Lord Morris of Manchester

Lord Bradshaw

2 p.m.

Column: 923

Lord Rotherwick

Lord Davies of Oldham

Column: 924

Lord Morris of Manchester

Column: 925

Lord Davies of Oldham

Lord Bradshaw

Column: 926

Column: 927

Lord Davies of Oldham

Column: 928

Lord Rotherwick

Finance (No. 2) Bill [7 Apr 2005]

2.18 p.m.

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Culture, Media and Sport (Lord McIntosh of Haringey)

Column: 929

Column: 930

Column: 931

2.27 p.m.

Baroness Noakes

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Column: 933

2.35 p.m.

Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay

Column: 934

2.38 p.m.

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

Column: 935

Appropriation Bill [7 Apr 2005]

2.42 p.m.

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

Column: 936

Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2005 [7 Apr 2005]

2.43 p.m.

Baroness Ashton of Upholland

Column: 937

Baroness Noakes

Column: 938

Column: 939

Lord Goodhart

Column: 940

3 p.m.

Column: 941

Baroness Ashton of Upholland

Column: 942

Column: 943

Education Bill [HL] [7 Apr 2005]

3.7 p.m.

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Education and Skills (Lord Filkin)

Column: 944

Lord Filkin

Column: 945

Lord Hanningfield

Baroness Walmsley

Lord Hanningfield

Column: 946

Baroness Walmsley

Lord Filkin

Column: 947

Lord Filkin

Lord Evans of Temple Guiting

Gambling Bill [7 Apr 2005]

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

Column: 948

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

Lord Grocott

Column: 949

Serious Organised Crime and Police Bill [7 Apr 2005]

Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Bill [7 Apr 2005]

Drugs Bill [7 Apr 2005]

Crossrail Bill [7 Apr 2005]

International Organisations Bill [HL] [7 Apr 2005]

Royal Commission [7 Apr 2005]

The Lord Chancellor (Lord Falconer of Thoroton)

Column: 950

The Lord Chancellor

Royal Assent [7 Apr 2005]

Prorogation: Her Majesty's Speech [7 Apr 2005]

Column: 951

Column: 952

Written Statements

Column: WS91

Northern Ireland Prison Service Corporate and Business Plan 2005–08 [7 Apr 2005]

The Lord President of the Council (Baroness Amos)

Iraq: Prosecution of Trooper Williams [7 Apr 2005]

The Attorney-General (Lord Goldsmith)

Column: WS92

Trade Unions [7 Apr 2005]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Trade and Industry (Lord Sainsbury of Turville)

Queen Victoria School [7 Apr 2005]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence (Lord Bach)

Column: WS93

Disposal Services Agency: Key Performance Targets 2005–06 [7 Apr 2005]

Lord Bach

Oman: Ammunition [7 Apr 2005]

Lord Bach

Column: WS94

Army Training Ground, Otterburn [7 Apr 2005]

Lord Bach

Football Betting [7 Apr 2005]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Culture, Media and Sport (Lord McIntosh of Haringey)

Column: WS95

NHS and Department of Health: Recognised Trade Unions [7 Apr 2005]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Lord Warner)

Column: WS96

NHS: Paybill Costs [7 Apr 2005]

Lord Warner

Column: WA125

Written Answers [7 Apr 2005]

Ulster-Scots Agency [7 Apr 2005]

Lord Laird — Ulster-Scots Agency [7 Apr 2005]

The Lord President of the Council (Baroness Amos)

Northern Ireland: Funding for Nationalist and Unionist Festivals [7 Apr 2005]

Lord Laird — Northern Ireland: Funding for Nationalist and Unionist Festivals [7 Apr 2005]

Baroness Amos

Column: WA126

Northern Ireland: Northern Bank Robbery [7 Apr 2005]

Lord Maginnis of Drumglass — Northern Ireland: Northern Bank Robbery [7 Apr 2005]

Column: WA127

Baroness Amos

Northern Ireland: Paramilitary Ceasefire [7 Apr 2005]

Lord Laird — Northern Ireland: Paramilitary Ceasefire [7 Apr 2005]

Baroness Amos

Northern Ireland: Arms Decommissioning [7 Apr 2005]

Lord Laird — Northern Ireland: Arms Decommissioning [7 Apr 2005]

Baroness Amos

Column: WA128

Northern Ireland Assembly [7 Apr 2005]

Lord Laird — Northern Ireland Assembly [7 Apr 2005]

Baroness Amos

Lord Dykes — Northern Ireland Assembly [7 Apr 2005]

Baroness Amos

Africa: Aid [7 Apr 2005]

Lord Steinberg — Africa: Aid [7 Apr 2005]

Baroness Amos

Column: WA129

Northern Ireland: Teachers [7 Apr 2005]

Lord Laird — Northern Ireland: Teachers [7 Apr 2005]

Column: WA130

Baroness Amos

Northern Ireland: Executive Programme Funds [7 Apr 2005]

Lord Steinberg — Northern Ireland: Executive Programme Funds [7 Apr 2005]

Baroness Amos

Lord Laird — Northern Ireland: Executive Programme Funds [7 Apr 2005]

Baroness Amos

Department for International Development: Sri Lanka Office [7 Apr 2005]

Lord Steel of Aikwood — Department for International Development: Sri Lanka Office [7 Apr 2005]

Baroness Amos

Column: WA132

Prime Minister's Office: Contacts with BBC [7 Apr 2005]

Lord Roberts of Conwy — Prime Minister's Office: Contacts with BBC [7 Apr 2005]

Baroness Amos

Waterways Ireland [7 Apr 2005]

Lord Laird — Waterways Ireland [7 Apr 2005]

Baroness Amos

Lord Laird — Waterways Ireland [7 Apr 2005]

Column: WA133

Baroness Amos

Lord Laird — Waterways Ireland [7 Apr 2005]

Baroness Amos

Lord Laird — Waterways Ireland [7 Apr 2005]

Baroness Amos

Sudan: Darfur [7 Apr 2005]

Lord Alton of Liverpool — Sudan: Darfur [7 Apr 2005]

Baroness Amos

Column: WA134

Northern Ireland: Cross-border Bodies [7 Apr 2005]

Lord Laird — Northern Ireland: Cross-border Bodies [7 Apr 2005]

Baroness Amos

Police Service of Northern Ireland [7 Apr 2005]

Lord Laird — Police Service of Northern Ireland [7 Apr 2005]

Baroness Amos

Lord Laird — Police Service of Northern Ireland [7 Apr 2005]

Column: WA135

Baroness Amos

Northern Ireland: Police Ombudsman [7 Apr 2005]

Lord Maginnis of Drumglass — Northern Ireland: Police Ombudsman [7 Apr 2005]

Baroness Amos

Lord Maginnis of Drumglass — Northern Ireland: Police Ombudsman [7 Apr 2005]

Baroness Amos

Lord Maginnis of Drumglass — Northern Ireland: Police Ombudsman [7 Apr 2005]

Baroness Amos

Column: WA136

Lord Maginnis of Drumglass — Northern Ireland: Police Ombudsman [7 Apr 2005]

Baroness Amos

Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People [7 Apr 2005]

Lord Maginnis of Drumglass — Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People [7 Apr 2005]

Baroness Amos

Column: WA137

Newry and Mourne: Planning Permission [7 Apr 2005]

Lord Rogan — Newry and Mourne: Planning Permission [7 Apr 2005]

Baroness Amos

Iraq: Legality of Armed Force [7 Apr 2005]

Lord Hanningfield — Iraq: Legality of Armed Force [7 Apr 2005]

The Attorney-General (Lord Goldsmith)

Lord Hanningfield — Iraq: Legality of Armed Force [7 Apr 2005]

Column: WA138

Lord Goldsmith

Jubilee Line Fraud Case [7 Apr 2005]

Lord Skelmersdale — Jubilee Line Fraud Case [7 Apr 2005]

Lord Goldsmith

Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and Inter-Parliamentary Union [7 Apr 2005]

Lord McColl of Dulwich — Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and Inter-Parliamentary Union [7 Apr 2005]

The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean)

Turkey: Human Rights [7 Apr 2005]

Lord Avebury — Turkey: Human Rights [7 Apr 2005]

Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean

Column: WA139

Lord Avebury — Turkey: Human Rights [7 Apr 2005]

Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean

British Citizenship: Applications by Overseas Residents [7 Apr 2005]

Lord Avebury — British Citizenship: Applications by Overseas Residents [7 Apr 2005]

The Minister of State, Home Office (Baroness Scotland of Asthal)

Column: WA140

Prisoners: Next of Kin [7 Apr 2005]

Lord Hylton — Prisoners: Next of Kin [7 Apr 2005]

Baroness Scotland of Asthal

Justice and Community Safety Inspectorate [7 Apr 2005]

Lord Lester of Herne Hill — Justice and Community Safety Inspectorate [7 Apr 2005]

Column: WA141

Baroness Scotland of Asthal

Asylum Seekers: Admissions [7 Apr 2005]

Lord Judd — Asylum Seekers: Admissions [7 Apr 2005]

Baroness Scotland of Asthal

Lord Judd — Asylum Seekers: Admissions [7 Apr 2005]

Baroness Scotland of Asthal

Column: WA142

Prisoners: Young Adults [7 Apr 2005]

The Earl of Listowel — Prisoners: Young Adults [7 Apr 2005]

Column: WA143

Baroness Scotland of Asthal

The Earl of Listowel — Prisoners: Young Adults [7 Apr 2005]

Baroness Scotland of Asthal

Column: WA144

Helicopters [7 Apr 2005]

Baroness Michie of Gallanach — Helicopters [7 Apr 2005]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence (Lord Bach)

Column: WA145

Baroness Michie of Gallanach — Helicopters [7 Apr 2005]

Lord Bach

Lord Steinberg — Helicopters [7 Apr 2005]

Lord Bach

Armed Forces: Training on Private Land [7 Apr 2005]

Lord Astor of Hever — Armed Forces: Training on Private Land [7 Apr 2005]

Lord Bach

Royal Navy: Ships [7 Apr 2005]

Lord Astor of Hever — Royal Navy: Ships [7 Apr 2005]

Column: WA146

Lord Bach

Lord Astor of Hever — Royal Navy: Ships [7 Apr 2005]

Lord Bach

Royal Air Force: Exercises [7 Apr 2005]

Lord Astor of Hever — Royal Air Force: Exercises [7 Apr 2005]

Column: WA147

Lord Bach

Army: Infantry Units [7 Apr 2005]

Lord Astor of Hever — Army: Infantry Units [7 Apr 2005]

Lord Bach

Royal Air Force Centrifuge [7 Apr 2005]

Lord Tebbit — Royal Air Force Centrifuge [7 Apr 2005]

Lord Bach

Showmen's Guild of Great Britain [7 Apr 2005]

Lord Avebury — Showmen's Guild of Great Britain [7 Apr 2005]

Column: WA148

The Minister of State, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (Lord Rooker)

British Food Fortnight [7 Apr 2005]

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer — British Food Fortnight [7 Apr 2005]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Education and Skills (Lord Filkin)

Teacher Training [7 Apr 2005]

Lord Pearson of Rannoch — Teacher Training [7 Apr 2005]

Lord Filkin

McKinsey and Co. [7 Apr 2005]

Lord Hanningfield — McKinsey and Co. [7 Apr 2005]

Column: WA149

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Culture, Media and Sport (Lord McIntosh of Haringey)

Licensing Act 2003 [7 Apr 2005]

Lord Avebury — Licensing Act 2003 [7 Apr 2005]

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

Civil Partnerships: Pension Rights [7 Apr 2005]

Lord Lester of Herne Hill — Civil Partnerships: Pension Rights [7 Apr 2005]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Work and Pensions (Baroness Hollis of Heigham)

Column: WA150

Equality Bill [7 Apr 2005]

Lord Lester of Herne Hill — Equality Bill [7 Apr 2005]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Trade and Industry (Lord Sainsbury of Turville)

Banking Services: Security [7 Apr 2005]

Lord Steinberg — Banking Services: Security [7 Apr 2005]

Column: WA151

Lord Sainsbury of Turville

Arms Export Licences [7 Apr 2005]

Lord Judd — Arms Export Licences [7 Apr 2005]

Lord Sainsbury of Turville

Radioactive Waste Management [7 Apr 2005]

Lord Maclennan of Rogart — Radioactive Waste Management [7 Apr 2005]

Column: WA152

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Lord Whitty)

Cormorants [7 Apr 2005]

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer — Cormorants [7 Apr 2005]

Lord Whitty

Column: WA153

Lord Birt [7 Apr 2005]

Lord Hanningfield — Lord Birt [7 Apr 2005]

Lord Bassam of Brighton

Lord Hanningfield — Lord Birt [7 Apr 2005]

Lord Bassam of Brighton

Lord Hanningfield — Lord Birt [7 Apr 2005]

Lord Bassam of Brighton

Column: WA154

Lord Hanningfield — Lord Birt [7 Apr 2005]

Lord Bassam of Brighton

Public Bodies [7 Apr 2005]

Lord Stoddart of Swindon — Public Bodies [7 Apr 2005]

Lord Bassam of Brighton


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