Table of Contents for
Wednesday 25 Mar 2009

Volume No. 709Part No. 54

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Following the Table of Contents is a more detailed list which gives subject headings, timelines and names of speakers

House of Lords

Building Societies - Question

Supreme Court: Retirement Age - Question

Israel: Arms Embargo - Question

Privacy: Government Databases - Question

Coroners and Justice Bill - First Reading

Tax Credits Up-rating Regulations 2009 - Motions to Approve

Guardian’s Allowance Up-rating Order 2009 - Motions to Approve

Guardian’s Allowance Up-rating (Northern Ireland) Order 2009 - Motions to Approve

Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2009 - Motion to Approve

Occupational Pension Schemes (Levy Ceiling) Order 2009 - Motions to Approve

Pension Protection Fund (Pension Compensation Cap) Order 2009 - Motions to Approve

Financial Assistance Scheme and Incapacity Benefit (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2009 - Motions to Approve

Occupational Pension Schemes (Contracting-out) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 - Motions to Approve

European Parliamentary Elections (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 - Motion to Approve

European Parliamentary Elections (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2009 - Motion to Approve

Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill [HL] - Report (1st Day)

Amendment 1

Amendment 2 (to Amendment 1)

Clause 1: General customs functions of the Secretary of State

Amendment 3

Amendments 4 and 5

Clause 3: Designation of general customs officials

Amendment 7

Clause 4: Designation: supplementary

Clause 6: The Director of Border Revenue

Amendment 13

Clause 7 : Customs revenue functions of the Director

Amendment 14

Clause 11 : Designation of customs revenue officials

Clause 12 : Designation: supplementary

Amendment 19

Amendment 19A

Amendment 20

Clause 30: Complaints and misconduct

Amendment 22

Amendment 23A

Clause 39: Application requirements: general

Amendment 24

Corporation Tax Bill - Second Reading

Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill [HL] - Report (1st Day) (Continued)

Amendment 25

Amendment 26

Amendment 27

Amendments 28 to 30

Clause 40: Application requirements: family members etc.

Amendment 33

Amendment 34

Clause 41: The qualifying period

Amendment 35

Amendment 37

Amendment 41

Grand Committee

Arrangement of Business - Announcement

Local Government (Structural Changes) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Other Provision) Order 2009 - Considered in Grand Committee

Cornwall (Electoral Arrangements and Consequential Amendments) Order 2009 - Considered in Grand Committee

Systematics and Taxonomy (S&TC Reports) - Considered in Grand Committee

Written Statements

Bribery Bill - Statement

EU: Telecoms Council - Statement

EU: Transport Council - Statement

Housing: Rural Areas - Statement

Payments Council - Statement

Secure Training Centres: Oakhill - Statement

Waste Management - Statement

Written Answers

Abortion - Questions

Aluminium - Question

Armed Forces: Accommodation - Question

Armed Forces: Deployment - Question

Armed Forces: Parades - Question

Banking - Question

Banking: Bank of Scotland (Ireland) - Question

Benefits - Question

Brazil: Sex Tourism - Question

Companies Act 2006 - Question

Debt: United States - Question

Deer - Question

Electoral Register: Northern Ireland - Question

Employment: Agency Workers - Question

Employment: Work Experience - Question

Equality: Company Boards - Question

Flooding: India - Question

Gaza - Question

Gaza and the West Bank - Question

Government Departments: IT - Question

Government Equalities Office: Discrimination - Question

Guantanamo Bay: Binyam Mohamed - Question

Health: Cancer Research - Question

Health: Homeopathy - Question

Iran - Question

Legal Aid - Question

London Living Wage - Question

Narrative Reporting - Question

Palestine - Question

Pensions - Question

Petitions - Questions

Police: Discrimination - Question

Post Office - Question

Public Bodies - Questions

Public Service Agreements - Question

Questions for Written Answer: Unanswered Questions - Question

Schools: Truancy - Question

Small Businesses - Question

Smoking - Question

Taxation - Question

Visas - Question

Wales: Personal Debt - Question

Waterways: Pollution - Question



This Table of Contents lists subject headings, timelines and
names of speakers in the Lords Hansard text for
Wednesday 25 Mar 2009

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House of Lords [25 Mar 2009]

3 pm

Building Societies - Question

The Financial Services Secretary to the Treasury (Lord Myners):

The Lord Bishop of Chester:

Lord Myners:

Lord Tomlinson:

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Lord Myners:

Lord Newby:

Lord Myners:

Lord Trimble:

Noble Lords:

Lord Myners:

Lord Forsyth of Drumlean:

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Lord Myners:

Lord Dubs:

Baroness Sharples:

Lord Elystan-Morgan:

Lord Myners:

Lord Dubs:

Lord Myners:

Supreme Court: Retirement Age - Question

3.08 pm

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

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Lord Pannick:

Lord Bach:

Baroness Butler-Sloss:

Lord Bach:

Lord Mackay of Clashfern:

Lord Bach:

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Lord Borrie:

Lord Lester of Herne Hill:

The Minister of State, Department of Energy and Climate Change & Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Lord Hunt of Kings Heath):

Lord Borrie:

Lord Bach:

Lord Lester of Herne Hill:

Lord Bach:

Israel: Arms Embargo - Question

3.16 pm

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The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Lord Malloch-Brown):

Lord Hylton:

Lord Malloch-Brown:

Lord Turnberg:

Lord Malloch-Brown:

Lord Malloch-Brown:

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Lord Astor of Hever:

Lord Malloch-Brown:

Lord Wright of Richmond:

Lord Malloch-Brown:

Lord Anderson of Swansea:

Lord Malloch-Brown:

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Lord Dykes:

The Minister of State, Department of Energy and Climate Change & Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Lord Hunt of Kings Heath):

Privacy: Government Databases - Question

3.24 pm

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

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer:

Lord Bach:

Lord Corbett of Castle Vale:

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Lord Bach:

Lady Saltoun of Abernethy:

Lord Bach:

Lord Kingsland:

Lord Bach:

Baroness Falkner of Margravine:

Lord Bach:

Lord Mackenzie of Framwellgate:

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Lord Bach:

Coroners and Justice Bill - First Reading

3.31 pm

Tax Credits Up-rating Regulations 2009 - Motions to Approve

Guardian’s Allowance Up-rating Order 2009 - Motions to Approve

Guardian’s Allowance Up-rating (Northern Ireland) Order 2009 - Motions to Approve

Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2009 - Motion to Approve

Occupational Pension Schemes (Levy Ceiling) Order 2009 - Motions to Approve

Pension Protection Fund (Pension Compensation Cap) Order 2009 - Motions to Approve

Financial Assistance Scheme and Incapacity Benefit (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2009 - Motions to Approve

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Occupational Pension Schemes (Contracting-out) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 - Motions to Approve

European Parliamentary Elections (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 - Motion to Approve

European Parliamentary Elections (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2009 - Motion to Approve

Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill [HL] - Report (1st Day)

3.33 pm

Amendment 1

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Baroness Hanham:

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Amendment 2 (to Amendment 1)

Lord Avebury:

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3.45 pm

Lord Roberts of Llandudno:

Lord Dear:

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Baroness Butler-Sloss:

Baroness Howe of Idlicote:

Viscount Slim:

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office (Lord West of Spithead):

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4 pm

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Lord Avebury:

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Baroness Hanham:

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Clause 1: General customs functions of the Secretary of State

Amendment 3

Lord West of Spithead:

4.15 pm

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Baroness Hanham:

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Lord West of Spithead:

Baroness Hanham:

Lord Avebury:

Lord West of Spithead:

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4.30 pm

Lord Avebury:

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Lord West of Spithead:

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Amendments 4 and 5

Clause 3: Designation of general customs officials

Amendment 7

Baroness Gibson of Market Rasen:

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Baroness Turner of Camden:

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4.45 pm

Lord West of Spithead:

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Baroness Gibson of Market Rasen:

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Clause 4: Designation: supplementary

Clause 6: The Director of Border Revenue

Amendment 13

Baroness Hanham:

Lord Avebury:

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Lord West of Spithead:

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5 pm

Baroness Hanham:

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Clause 7 : Customs revenue functions of the Director

Amendment 14

Clause 11 : Designation of customs revenue officials

Clause 12 : Designation: supplementary

Amendment 19

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer:

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Baroness Hanham:

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Lord West of Spithead:

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Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer:

5.15 pm

Amendment 19A

Baroness Hanham:

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Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer:

Lord Puttnam:

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Lord Hylton:

Lord Stoddart of Swindon:

Lord Marlesford:

Lord West of Spithead:

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5.30 pm

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Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer:

Lord West of Spithead:

Lord Stoddart of Swindon:

Lord West of Spithead:

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Baroness Hanham:

Amendment 20

Baroness Hanham:

Lord Avebury:

5.45 pm

Lord West of Spithead:

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Baroness Hanham:

Lord Hylton:

Lord West of Spithead:

Baroness Hanham:

Lord West of Spithead:

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Baroness Butler-Sloss:

Lord West of Spithead:

Lord Avebury:

Lord West of Spithead:

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Lord Hylton:

Lord West of Spithead:

Lord Cameron of Lochbroom:

Lord West of Spithead:

Baroness Hanham:

Clause 30: Complaints and misconduct

6 pm

Amendment 22

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Lord Avebury:

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Lord West of Spithead:

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Lord Avebury:

Lord West of Spithead:

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6.15 pm

Lord Avebury:

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Amendment 23A

Baroness Hanham:

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Lord Lester of Herne Hill:

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Lord Avebury:

6.30 pm

Lord Brett:

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Lord Lester of Herne Hill:

Lord Brett:

Baroness Hanham:

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6.37 pm
Division on Amendment 23AContents 171; Not-Contents 110.Amendment 23A agreed.
Division No. 1 [] [25 Mar 2009]

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6.49 pm

Clause 39: Application requirements: general

Amendment 24

Lord Hylton:

Lord Lester of Herne Hill:

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Lord Roberts of Llandudno:

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The Earl of Sandwich:

7 pm

Lord Avebury:

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Baroness Stern:

Lord Brett:

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Lord Lester of Herne Hill:

7.15 pm

Lord Brett:

Lord Avebury:

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Lord Brett:

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Lord Hylton:

Lord Brett:

Lord Lester of Herne Hill:

Lord Brett:

Lord Hylton:

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Lord Brett:

Corporation Tax Bill - Second Reading

7.27 pm

Lord Davies of Oldham:

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7.33 pm

Viscount Trenchard:

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7.38 pm

Lord Newton of Braintree:

7.40 pm

Lord Newby:

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7.45 pm

Baroness Noakes:

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7.54 pm

Lord Davies of Oldham:

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8.05 pm

Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill [HL] - Report (1st Day) (Continued)

8.26 pm

Amendment 25

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer:

Baroness Hanham:

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Lord Brett:

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Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer:

Amendment 26

Lord Avebury:

Lord Brett:

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Lord Avebury:

Lord Brett:

Lord Avebury:

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Lord Brett:

Lord Avebury:

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Lord Brett:

Lord Avebury:

Amendment 27

Lord Marlesford:

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9 pm

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Baroness Hanham:

Baroness Carnegy of Lour:

Lord Avebury:

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Lord Glentoran:

Column: 741

Lord Roberts of Llandudno:

Lord Hylton:

Lord Brett:

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9.15 pm

Viscount Slim:

Lord Brett:

Lord Marlesford:

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Amendments 28 to 30

Clause 40: Application requirements: family members etc.

Amendment 33

Lord Hylton:

Lord Brett:

Amendment 34

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Clause 41: The qualifying period

Amendment 35

Baroness Hanham:

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The Deputy Speaker (Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall):

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer:

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9.30 pm

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The Earl of Sandwich:

Lord Avebury:

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Lord Roberts of Llandudno:

Baroness Howe of Idlicote:

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Lord Brett:

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Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer:

Lord Brett:

Baroness Hanham:

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Amendment 37

Lord Hylton:

Lord Brett:

Lord Hylton:

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Amendment 41

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Lord Hylton:

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Grand Committee [25 Mar 2009]

Arrangement of Business - Announcement

3.45 pm

The Deputy Chairman of Committees (Lord Paul):

Local Government (Structural Changes) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Other Provision) Order 2009 - Considered in Grand Committee

3.46 pm

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

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4 pm

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Lord Bates:

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4.15 pm

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Column: GC205

Baroness Hamwee:

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4.30 pm

Lord Teverson:

Baroness Andrews:

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Cornwall (Electoral Arrangements and Consequential Amendments) Order 2009 - Considered in Grand Committee

4.40 pm

Systematics and Taxonomy (S&TC Reports) - Considered in Grand Committee

4.41 pm

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Lord Sutherland of Houndwood:

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4.58 pm

Lord Haskel:

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5.03 pm

The Earl of Selborne:

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5.19 pm

Lord May of Oxford:

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5.33 pm

Lord Soulsby of Swaffham Prior:

The Deputy Chairman of Committees (Baroness Gould of Potternewton):

Lord Soulsby of Swaffham Prior:

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5.45 pm

Lord Krebs:

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5.58 pm

Baroness Walmsley:

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6.12 pm

Lord De Mauley:

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6.20 pm

The Minister of State, Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (Lord Drayson):

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6.32 pm

Lord Sutherland of Houndwood:

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Written Statements [25 Mar 2009]

Bribery Bill - Statement

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

Column: WS42

EU: Telecoms Council - Statement

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communications, Technology and Broadcasting (Lord Carter of Barnes):

Column: WS43

EU: Transport Council - Statement

The Minister of State, Department for Transport (Lord Adonis):

Column: WS44

Column: WS45

Housing: Rural Areas - Statement

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

Column: WS46

Payments Council - Statement

The Financial Services Secretary to the Treasury (Lord Myners):

Column: WS47

Column: WS48

Secure Training Centres: Oakhill - Statement

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

Waste Management - Statement

The Minister of State, Department of Energy and Climate Change & Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Lord Hunt of Kings Heath):

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Written Answers [25 Mar 2009]

Abortion - Questions

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Lord Darzi of Denham):

Column: WA132

Lord Darzi of Denham:

Column: WA133

Lord Darzi of Denham:

Lord Darzi of Denham:

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Aluminium - Question

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform & Cabinet Office (Baroness Vadera):

Armed Forces: Accommodation - Question

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence (Baroness Taylor of Bolton):

Armed Forces: Deployment - Question

Column: WA135

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence (Baroness Taylor of Bolton):

Armed Forces: Parades - Question

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office (Lord West of Spithead):

Banking - Question

The Financial Services Secretary to the Treasury (Lord Myners):

Column: WA136

Banking: Bank of Scotland (Ireland) - Question

The Financial Services Secretary to the Treasury (Lord Myners):

Benefits - Question

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

Brazil: Sex Tourism - Question

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office (Lord West of Spithead):

Column: WA137

Companies Act 2006 - Question

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform & Cabinet Office (Baroness Vadera):

Debt: United States - Question

The Financial Services Secretary to the Treasury (Lord Myners):

Deer - Question

The Minister of State, Department of Energy and Climate Change & Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Lord Hunt of Kings Heath):

Column: WA138

Electoral Register: Northern Ireland - Question

Baroness Royall of Blaisdon:

Employment: Agency Workers - Question

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform & Cabinet Office (Baroness Vadera):

Column: WA139

Employment: Work Experience - Question

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

Column: WA140

Equality: Company Boards - Question

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform & Cabinet Office (Baroness Vadera):

Flooding: India - Question

Lord Tunnicliffe:

Column: WA141

Gaza - Question

The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Lord Malloch-Brown):

Gaza and the West Bank - Question

The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Lord Malloch-Brown):

Column: WA142

Government Departments: IT - Question

The Financial Services Secretary to the Treasury (Lord Myners):

Government Equalities Office: Discrimination - Question

The Lord President of the Council (Baroness Royall of Blaisdon):

Guantanamo Bay: Binyam Mohamed - Question

Column: WA143

The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Lord Malloch-Brown):

Health: Cancer Research - Question

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Lord Darzi of Denham):

Health: Homeopathy - Question

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Lord Darzi of Denham):

Iran - Question

Column: WA144

The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Lord Malloch-Brown):

Legal Aid - Question

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

Column: WA145

London Living Wage - Question

The Financial Services Secretary to the Treasury (Lord Myners):

Narrative Reporting - Question

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform & Cabinet Office (Baroness Vadera):

Column: WA146

Palestine - Question

The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Lord Malloch-Brown):

Pensions - Question

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

Petitions - Questions

Column: WA147

The Lord President of the Council (Baroness Royall of Blaisdon):

Police: Discrimination - Question

Column: WA148

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office (Lord West of Spithead):

Post Office - Question

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform & Cabinet Office (Baroness Vadera):

Public Bodies - Questions

The Financial Services Secretary to the Treasury (Lord Myners):

Column: WA149

The Lord President of the Council (Baroness Royall of Blaisdon):

Public Service Agreements - Question

The Financial Services Secretary to the Treasury (Lord Myners):

Questions for Written Answer: Unanswered Questions - Question

The Lord President of the Council (Baroness Royall of Blaisdon):

Column: WA150

Schools: Truancy - Question

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Children, Schools and Families (Baroness Morgan of Drefelin):

Small Businesses - Question

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform & Cabinet Office (Baroness Vadera):

Smoking - Question

Column: WA152

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Lord Darzi of Denham):

Taxation - Question

The Financial Services Secretary to the Treasury (Lord Myners):

Column: WA153

Visas - Question

The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Lord Malloch-Brown):

Wales: Personal Debt - Question

Column: WA154

The Financial Services Secretary to the Treasury (Lord Myners):

Waterways: Pollution - Question

The Minister of State, Department of Energy and Climate Change & Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Lord Hunt of Kings Heath):



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