Table of Contents for
Monday 3 Dec 2012

Volume No. 741Part No. 77

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House of Lords

Iran - Question

European Council: December Meeting - Question

British Transport Police - Question

Immigration: Home Office Meetings - Question

Medical Innovation Bill [HL] - First Reading

Mental Health (Discrimination) (No. 2) Bill - First Reading

Prisons (Property) Bill - First Reading

Marine Navigation (No. 2) Bill - First Reading

Presumption of Death Bill - First Reading

Mobile Homes Bill - First Reading

Disabled People’s Right to Control (Pilot Scheme) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 - Motion to Approve

Electoral Registration Data Schemes (No. 2) Order 2012 - Motions to Approve

Charitable Incorporated Organisations (Insolvency and Dissolution) Regulations 2012 - Motions to Approve

Charitable Incorporated Organisations (Consequential Amendments) Order 2012 - Motions to Approve

Green Deal Framework (Disclosure, Acknowledgment, Redress etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 - Motions to Approve

Electricity and Gas (Energy Companies Obligation) Order 2012 - Motions to Approve

Canterbury City Council Bill - Third Reading

Amendments 1 to 3

Leeds City Council Bill - Third Reading

Nottingham City Council Bill - Third Reading

Reading Borough Council Bill - Third Reading

Draft Cumbria (Electoral Changes) Order 2012 - Motion of Regret

Civil Legal Aid (Merits Criteria) Regulations 2012 - Motion to Approve

Amendment to the Motion

Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Amendment of Schedule 1) Order 2012 - Motion to Approve

Amendment to the Motion

Palestine: United Nations General Assembly Resolution - Question for Short Debate

Legal Profession: Regulation - Question for Short Debate

Grand Committee

Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill - Committee (1stDay)

Clause 1 : The green purposes

Amendment 1

Amendment 2

Amendment 3

Clause 2 : Designation of the UK Green Investment Bank

Amendment 5

Clause 4 : The UK Green Investment Bank: financial assistance

Amendment 6

Amendment 7

Amendment 8

Amendment 10

Clause 5 : The UK Green Investment Bank: accounts and reports

Amendment 12

Amendment 13A

Clause 6 : The UK Green Investment Bank: documents to be laid before Parliament

Amendment 14

Amendment 15

Amendment 16

Written Statements

Cybercrime - Statement

ECOFIN - Statement

Employee Ownership - Statement

EU: Single Market - Statement

Taxation: Avoidance - Statement

Written Answers

Bees - Questions

Benefits - Questions

Burma - Questions

Climate Change - Question

Columbia - Question

Employment - Question

EU: Turkey - Question

Gaza - Questions

Gibraltar - Question

Government Departments: Records and Security - Question

Housing - Question

India - Question

Iraq: Chilcot Inquiry - Question

Israel and Palestine: West Bank - Questions

Justice: Compensation - Question

Libya - Question

Pakistan - Questions

South Sudan - Question

Sport: Disabled People - Question

Sudan - Questions

Syria - Question

Thames Tideway Tunnel - Question

Town and Village Greens - Question

Uganda - Question

World Trade Organisation: Customs Tariffs - Question

Zimbabwe - Question





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Monday 3 Dec 2012

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House of Lords [3 Dec 2012]

2.30 pm

Iran - Question

2.36 pm

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

Lord Wood of Anfield:

Baroness Warsi:

Lord Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon:

Baroness Warsi:

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Baroness Deech:

Baroness Warsi:

Lord Tomlinson:

Baroness Warsi:

Lord Hannay of Chiswick:

Baroness Warsi:

Lord Anderson of Swansea:

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Baroness Warsi:

Baroness Williams of Crosby:

Baroness Warsi:

Lord Wigley:

Baroness Warsi:

Baroness Afshar:

Baroness Warsi:

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European Council: December Meeting - Question

2.46 pm

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

Lord Liddle:

Baroness Warsi:

Lord Roper:

Baroness Warsi:

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Lord Soley:

Baroness Warsi:

Lord Stoddart of Swindon:

Baroness Warsi:

Lord Foulkes of Cumnock:

Baroness Warsi:

British Transport Police - Question

2.51 pm

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Earl Attlee:

Lord Faulkner of Worcester:

Noble Lords:

Lord Faulkner of Worcester:

Earl Attlee:

Lord Berkeley:

Earl Attlee:

Lord West of Spithead:

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Earl Attlee:

Immigration: Home Office Meetings - Question

2.55 pm

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

Baroness Smith of Basildon:

Lord Taylor of Holbeach:

Lord Naseby:

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Lord Taylor of Holbeach:

Lord Dholakia:

Lord Taylor of Holbeach:

Lord Hannay of Chiswick:

Lord Taylor of Holbeach:

Baroness Brinton:

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Lord Taylor of Holbeach:

Lord Morgan:

Lord Taylor of Holbeach:

Lord Avebury:

Lord Taylor of Holbeach:

Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe:

Lord Taylor of Holbeach:

Lord Forsyth of Drumlean:

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Lord Taylor of Holbeach:

Baroness Tonge:

Lord Taylor of Holbeach:

The Countess of Mar:

Lord Taylor of Holbeach:

Lord Winston:

Lord Taylor of Holbeach:

Baroness Sherlock:

Lord Taylor of Holbeach:

Medical Innovation Bill [HL] - First Reading

3.07 pm

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Mental Health (Discrimination) (No. 2) Bill - First Reading

3.07 pm

Prisons (Property) Bill - First Reading

3.07 pm

Marine Navigation (No. 2) Bill - First Reading

3.08 pm

Presumption of Death Bill - First Reading

3.08 pm

Mobile Homes Bill - First Reading

3.08 pm

Disabled People’s Right to Control (Pilot Scheme) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 - Motion to Approve

3.09 pm

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Electoral Registration Data Schemes (No. 2) Order 2012 - Motions to Approve

Charitable Incorporated Organisations (Insolvency and Dissolution) Regulations 2012 - Motions to Approve

Charitable Incorporated Organisations (Consequential Amendments) Order 2012 - Motions to Approve

3.09 pm

Green Deal Framework (Disclosure, Acknowledgment, Redress etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 - Motions to Approve

Electricity and Gas (Energy Companies Obligation) Order 2012 - Motions to Approve

3.09 pm

Canterbury City Council Bill - Third Reading

3.10 pm

Lord Bilston:


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3.22 pm

Baroness Knight of Collingtree:


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3.36 pm

Lord Blair of Boughton:

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3.38 pm

Viscount Eccles:


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3.42 pm

Lord Glasman:

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3.46 pm

Lord Lucas:


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3.51 pm

Lord Strasburger:


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3.55 pm

Lord Gardiner of Kimble:


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4.01 pm

Lord Bilston:

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Amendments 1 to 3

Leeds City Council Bill - Third Reading

4.05 pm

Nottingham City Council Bill - Third Reading

4.05 pm

Reading Borough Council Bill - Third Reading

4.05 pm

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Draft Cumbria (Electoral Changes) Order 2012 - Motion of Regret

4.06 pm

Lord Liddle:


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Lord Campbell-Savours:

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4.15 pm

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Lord Judd:

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Lord Clark of Windermere:

Lord Harris of Haringey:

4.30 pm

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Lord Campbell-Savours:

Lord Harris of Haringey:

Lord Campbell-Savours:

Lord Harris of Haringey:

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Baroness Garden of Frognal:

Lord Liddle:


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Civil Legal Aid (Merits Criteria) Regulations 2012 - Motion to Approve

4.44 pm

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Amendment to the Motion

Lord Pannick:

5 pm

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Lord Bach:

5.15 pm

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Lord Mackay of Clashfern:

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5.30 pm

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Lord Bach:

Lord Mackay of Clashfern:

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Lord Bach:

Baroness Doocey:


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Baroness Lister of Burtersett:

5.45 pm

Lord Woolf:

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Lord Goldsmith:

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Lord Phillips of Sudbury:

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6 pm

Lord Beecham:


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Lord Mackay of Clashfern:

Lord Beecham:

Lord Elystan-Morgan:

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Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames:

Noble Lords:

Lord McNally:

A noble Lord:

Lord McNally:

6.15 pm

Lord Reid of Cardowan:

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Lord McNally:

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Baroness Mallalieu:

Lord McNally:

Lord Howarth of Newport:

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Lord McNally:

Lord Pannick:

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Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Amendment of Schedule 1) Order 2012 - Motion to Approve

6.33 pm

Amendment to the Motion

Lord Bach:

Lord McNally:

Lord Bach:

Lord McNally:

Lord Bach:

Lord Phillips of Sudbury:

Lord Bach:

Lord McNally:

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Lord Bach:

6.41 pm

Division on Lord Bach’s amendment.Contents 201; Not-Contents 191.Amendment agreed.

Division No. 1 [] [3 Dec 2012]

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Palestine: United Nations General Assembly Resolution - Question for Short Debate

6.52 pm

Baroness Royall of Blaisdon:

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7.01 pm

Lord Alderdice:


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7.10 pm

The Lord Bishop of Guildford:

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7.13 pm

Lord Janner of Braunstone:

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7.18 pm

Lord Palmer of Childs Hill:

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7.27 pm

Lord Judd:


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7.36 pm

Lord King of Bridgwater:


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7.45 pm

Lord Phillips of Sudbury:

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7.55 pm

Lord Williams of Baglan:

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8 pm

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


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Legal Profession: Regulation - Question for Short Debate

8.10 pm

Baroness Deech:


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8.21 pm

Lord Faulks:

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8.30 pm

Lord Phillips of Sudbury:


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8.37 pm

Lord Gold:

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8.46 pm

Lord Mackay of Clashfern:

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Lord Phillips of Sudbury:

Lord Mackay of Clashfern:

8.55 pm

Lord Goldsmith:


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8.59 pm

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath:


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Lord Phillips of Sudbury:

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath:

Lord Phillips of Sudbury:

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath:

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Baroness Deech:

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Lord Hunt of Kings Heath:

Lord Goldsmith:

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath:

9.12 pm

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon:


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Baroness Deech:

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon:

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Lord Faulks:

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon:

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Grand Committee [3 Dec 2012]

Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill - Committee (1stDay)

3.30 pm

The Deputy Chairman of Committees (Lord Bichard):

Clause 1 : The green purposes

Amendment 1

Baroness Worthington:


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The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (Lord Marland):

Baroness Worthington:

Amendment 2

Lord Mitchell:


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3.45 pm

Baroness Turner of Camden:

Lord Cotter:

Lord Bates:


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Lord Marland:

Lord Mitchell:

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Amendment 3

Baroness Worthington:


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4 pm

Lord Teverson:

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Lord Marland:

Baroness Worthington:

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Clause 2 : Designation of the UK Green Investment Bank

Amendment 5

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara:


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4.15pm

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Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville:

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Lord Marland:

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara:

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Lord Marland:

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara:

Lord Jenkin of Roding:

Lord Marland:

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Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville:

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara:

Clause 4 : The UK Green Investment Bank: financial assistance

Amendment 6

Lord Teverson:

Baroness Worthington:

4.30 pm

Lord Teverson:


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Lord Jenkin of Roding:


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Lord Wigley:

Baroness Worthington:

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4.45 pm

Lord Teverson:

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Lord Jenkin of Roding:

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Lord Marland:


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Lord Teverson:

Baroness Worthington:

Lord Teverson:

Lord Marland:

Baroness Worthington:

Lord Teverson:

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5 pm

Amendment 7

Baroness Worthington:

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The Deputy Chairman of Committees (Baroness Pitkeathley):

Lord Teverson:

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Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville:

Lord Marland:

Baroness Worthington:


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Amendment 8

Lord Teverson:


Column: GC152

5.15 pm

Column: GC153

Lord Skidelsky:

Baroness Ford:

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Lord Teverson:

Baroness Ford:

Lord Oxburgh:


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Lord Skidelsky:

Lord Bates:

Lord Mitchell:

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5.30 pm

Lord Marland:

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Lord Teverson:

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Lord Marland:

Lord Skidelsky:

Lord Marland:

Lord Mitchell:

Lord Marland:

Lord Teverson:

Lord Marland:

Lord Teverson:


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Amendment 10

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara:

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5.45 pm

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Lord Marland:

Baroness Ford:

Lord Marland:

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Lord Stevenson of Balmacara:

Lord Teverson:

Baroness Ford:

Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville:

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara:

Lord Bates:

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara:

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Clause 5 : The UK Green Investment Bank: accounts and reports

Amendment 12

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara:


Column: GC164

Lord Marland:

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara:

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6 pm

Amendment 13A

Baroness Worthington:


Column: GC166

Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville:

Baroness Worthington:

Lord Marland:

Column: GC167

Baroness Worthington:

Clause 6 : The UK Green Investment Bank: documents to be laid before Parliament

Amendment 14

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara:


Column: GC168

Lord Marland:

Column: GC169

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara:

Amendment 15

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara:


Column: GC170

Lord Marland:

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara:

Lord Marland:

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara:

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6.15 pm

Amendment 16

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara:


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Lord Marland:

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara:

Lord Gardiner of Kimble:

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Written Statements [3 Dec 2012]

Cybercrime - Statement

Lord Wallace of Saltaire:


Column: WS42

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Column: WS44

Column: WS45

Column: WS46

Column: WS47

Column: WS48

ECOFIN - Statement

The Commercial Secretary to the Treasury (Lord Sassoon):

Column: WS49

Employee Ownership - Statement

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (Lord Marland):

EU: Single Market - Statement

The Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills & Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Lord Green of Hurstpierpoint):

Taxation: Avoidance - Statement

The Commercial Secretary to the Treasury (Lord Sassoon):

Column: WS50


Column: WS51


Column: WS52

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Column: WA97

Written Answers [3 Dec 2012]

Bees - Questions

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

Lord De Mauley:

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Lord De Mauley:

Lord De Mauley:

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Lord De Mauley:

Benefits - Questions

The Commercial Secretary to the Treasury (Lord Sassoon):


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Burma - Questions

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

Baroness Warsi:

Climate Change - Question

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

Column: WA101

Columbia - Question

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

Employment - Question

Lord Wallace of Saltaire:

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EU: Turkey - Question

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

Gaza - Questions

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

Column: WA103

Baroness Warsi:

Baroness Northover:

Column: WA104

Baroness Northover:

Gibraltar - Question

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

Column: WA105

Government Departments: Records and Security - Question

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

Housing - Question

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


Column: WA106

India - Question

Baroness Northover:

Iraq: Chilcot Inquiry - Question

The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (Lord Strathclyde):

Column: WA107

Israel and Palestine: West Bank - Questions

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

Baroness Warsi:

Justice: Compensation - Question

The Minister of State, Ministry of Justice (Lord McNally):

Column: WA108

Libya - Question

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

Column: WA109

Pakistan - Questions

Baroness Northover:

Baroness Northover:

Baroness Northover:

South Sudan - Question

Column: WA110

Baroness Northover:

Sport: Disabled People - Question

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

Sudan - Questions

Column: WA111

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

Baroness Warsi:

Baroness Warsi:

Baroness Northover:

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Syria - Question

Baroness Northover:

Thames Tideway Tunnel - Question

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

Column: WA113

Lord De Mauley:

Column: WA114

Lord De Mauley:

Column: WA115

Town and Village Greens - Question

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

Uganda - Question

Baroness Northover:


Column: WA116

World Trade Organisation: Customs Tariffs - Question

The Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills & Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Lord Green of Hurstpierpoint):

Zimbabwe - Question

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

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