Table of Contents for
Monday 4 Feb 2013

Volume No. 743Part No. 107

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House of Lords

Shipping: International Maritime Law - Question

Housing: Rural Areas - Question

Nuclear Research and Development - Question

EU: Legislation - Question

Public Bodies (Abolition of the Disability Living Allowance Advisory Board) Order 2013 - Motion to Approve

Legislative Reform (Hallmarking) Order 2013 - Motion to Approve

Mental Health (Discrimination) (No. 2) Bill - Order of Commitment Discharged

Growth and Infrastructure Bill - Committee (4th Day)

Clause 20 : Variation and replacement of pre-Planning Act 2008 consents

Amendment 71D

Clause 21 : Removal of Planning Act 2008 consent and certification requirements

Amendment 72

Amendment 73

Banking Reform - Statement

Growth and Infrastructure Bill - Committee (4th Day) (Continued)

Amendment 75ZAB

Clause 22 : Special parliamentary procedure in cases under the Planning Act 2008

Amendment 75A

Amendments 77ZAA and 77ZAB

Clause 23 : Modifications of special parliamentary procedure in certain cases

Amendment 77ZD

Amendment 77ZG

Amendment 77ZH

Clause 24 : Bringing business and commercial projects within Planning Act 2008 regime

Amendment 77ZJ

Amendment 77ZK

Education: Academies and Free Schools - Question for Short Debate

Growth and Infrastructure Bill - Committee (4th Day) (Continued)

Clause 24 : Bringing business and commercial projects within Planning Act 2008 regime

Amendment 77C

Amendment 78ZB

Amendment 81

Amendment 81A

Amendment 81CA

Amendment 81CC

Clause 25 : Postponement of compilation of English rating lists to 2017

Amendment 81CD

Grand Committee

Criminal Procedure Policy: EUC Report - Motion to Take Note

Science and Heritage: S&T Committee Report - Motion to Take Note

Written Statements

Climate Change - Statement

Northern Ireland: Security - Statement

Police: Grants - Statement

Written Answers

Abortion - Question

Ansaru - Question

Banking: Staff - Question

Battle of the Atlantic: Commemoration - Questions

Benefits - Questions

Benefits: Motability Schemes - Question

British Council - Question

British-Irish Relations - Question

Elderly People: Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual People - Questions

Employment: Work Capability Assessment - Question

Energy: Oil Prices - Question

Food: Cheese - Question

Freedom of Religion and Conscience - Question

Government Departments: Catering Facilities - Question

Government Departments: e-mail - Question

Health: Clinical Trials - Questions

Health: Doctors’ Language Tests - Question

Health: Drug-resistant Diseases - Question

Health: Healthwatch England - Questions

Health: Obesity - Question

Health: Plasma - Question

Higher Education: Funding - Question

Hillsborough - Question

House of Lords: Savings Strategy and Financial Plan - Questions

Houses of Parliament: Police - Question

Human Trafficking - Question

Israel and Palestine - Question

Lithuania - Question

Mexico: Money Laundering - Questions

Migration - Question

National Crime Agency - Questions

NHS: Dentistry - Question

NHS: GP Accreditation - Questions

Nigeria - Question

Olympic Truce - Question

Palestine - Question

Pensions - Question

Pensions: Britons Living Abroad - Questions

Public Sector: Women - Question

Small and Medium-sized Enterprises: Wales - Question

Social Security (Personal Independence Payment) Regulations 2013 - Question

Suicide - Question

Tunisia - Question

Welfare: Personal Independence Payment - Question





This Table of Contents lists subject headings, timelines and
names of speakers in the Lords Hansard text for
Monday 4 Feb 2013

Column: 1

House of Lords [4 Feb 2013]

2.30 pm

Shipping: International Maritime Law - Question

2.37 pm

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

Lord James of Blackheath:

Baroness Warsi:

Lord West of Spithead:

Baroness Warsi:

Column: 3

Lord Chidgey:

Baroness Warsi:

Lord Boyce:

Baroness Warsi:

Lord Anderson of Swansea:

Baroness Warsi:

Column: 4

Lord Naseby:

Baroness Warsi:

Lord Elystan-Morgan:

Baroness Warsi:

Housing: Rural Areas - Question

2.45 pm

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

Lord Knight of Weymouth:

Column: 5

Baroness Hanham:

Baroness Maddock:

Baroness Hanham:

Lord Campbell-Savours:

Baroness Hanham:

The Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells:

Baroness Hanham:

Column: 6

Baroness Gardner of Parkes:

Baroness Hanham:

Lord Whitty:

Baroness Hanham:

Nuclear Research and Development - Question

2.51 pm

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

Column: 7

Viscount Hanworth:

Baroness Verma:

Lord Jenkin of Roding:

Baroness Verma:

Lord Hunt of Chesterton:

Baroness Verma:

Lord Patel:

Baroness Verma:

Column: 8

Lord Avebury:

Baroness Verma:

Lord Foulkes of Cumnock:

Baroness Verma:

The Lord Bishop of Hereford:

Baroness Verma:

Baroness Smith of Basildon:

Column: 9

Baroness Verma:

EU: Legislation - Question

3 pm

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

Lord Dykes:

Baroness Warsi:

Column: 10

Lord Harris of Haringey:

Baroness Warsi:

Lord Kakkar:

Baroness Warsi:

Lord Forsyth of Drumlean:

Baroness Warsi:

Lord Triesman:

Column: 11

Baroness Warsi:

Lord Pearson of Rannoch:

Baroness Warsi:

Public Bodies (Abolition of the Disability Living Allowance Advisory Board) Order 2013 - Motion to Approve

3.07 pm

Column: 12

Legislative Reform (Hallmarking) Order 2013 - Motion to Approve

3.07 pm

Mental Health (Discrimination) (No. 2) Bill - Order of Commitment Discharged

3.07 pm

Lord Stevenson of Coddenham:

Growth and Infrastructure Bill - Committee (4th Day)

3.08 pm

Clause 20 : Variation and replacement of pre-Planning Act 2008 consents

Amendment 71D

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon:

Column: 13

Lord Adonis:

Clause 21 : Removal of Planning Act 2008 consent and certification requirements

Amendment 72

Lord Berkeley:


Column: 14

3.15 pm

Column: 15

Lord Jenkin of Roding:

3.30 pm

Column: 18


Column: 19

Lord Snape:


Column: 20

3.45 pm

Lord Adonis:

Column: 21

Column: 22

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon:

Column: 23


Column: 24

Lord Adonis:

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon:

Lord Berkeley:

4 pm

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon:


Column: 25

Lord Berkeley:

Column: 26

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon:

Lord Jenkin of Roding:

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon:


Column: 27

Column: 28

4.15 pm

Lord Adonis:

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon:

Column: 29

Lord Adonis:

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon:

Lord Adonis:

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon:

Lord Berkeley:

Amendment 73

The Earl of Lytton:

Column: 30

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon:

Column: 31

The Earl of Lytton:

Column: 32

Banking Reform - Statement

4.29 pm

Lord Newby:

Column: 33

Lord Davies of Oldham:


Column: 34

Lord Newby:

Baroness Kramer:

Column: 35

Lord Newby:

Lord Martin of Springburn:

Lord Newby:

Lord Higgins:

Lord Newby:

Column: 36

Growth and Infrastructure Bill - Committee (4th Day) (Continued)

4.44 pm

Amendment 75ZAB

Lord Berkeley:

Column: 37

Baroness Valentine:

Lord Berkeley:

Baroness Valentine:

Lord Snape:

Column: 38


Column: 39

Lord Adonis:

Lord Snape:

Lord Adonis:

Earl Attlee:


Column: 40

Lord Berkeley:

5 pm

Clause 22 : Special parliamentary procedure in cases under the Planning Act 2008

Amendment 75A

Lord Greenway:

Column: 41

Lord Faulkner of Worcester:

Column: 42

Lord Jenkin of Roding:

Column: 43

5.15 pm

Column: 44

Lord Adonis:

Column: 45

Lord Greaves:

Column: 46

Lord Jenkin of Roding:

Lord Greaves:


Column: 47

5.30 pm

Lord Berkeley:

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon:


Column: 48

Lord Faulkner of Worcester:

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon:


Column: 49

Lord Greaves:

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon:


Column: 50

5.45 pm

Column: 52

Lord Greaves:

Lord Greenway:

Amendments 77ZAA and 77ZAB

Column: 53

Clause 23 : Modifications of special parliamentary procedure in certain cases

Amendment 77ZD

Lord Faulkner of Worcester:


Column: 54

Lord Greaves:

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon:


Column: 55

6 pm

Column: 56

Lord Faulkner of Worcester:

Amendment 77ZG

Amendment 77ZH

Column: 57

Lord Greaves:


Column: 58


Column: 59

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon:

Lord Greaves:

Column: 60

6.15 pm

Clause 24 : Bringing business and commercial projects within Planning Act 2008 regime

Amendment 77ZJ

Lord Adonis:

Column: 61

Lord Berkeley:

Column: 62

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


Column: 63

Lord Jenkin of Roding:

Baroness Hanham:

6.30 pm

Lord Greaves:

Column: 64

Baroness Hanham:

Column: 65

Lord Greaves:

Baroness Hanham:

Lord Adonis:

Column: 66

Baroness Hanham:

Lord Adonis:

Amendment 77ZK

Lord Adonis:

Baroness Young of Old Scone:


Column: 67

6.45 pm

Column: 68


Column: 69

Lord Greaves:

Column: 70


Column: 71

7 pm

Lord Jenkin of Roding:


Column: 72

Baroness Parminter:


Column: 73

Baroness Hanham:


Column: 74

Column: 75

7.15 pm

Baroness Young of Old Scone:

Lord Greaves:

Baroness Hanham:


Column: 76

Baroness Young of Old Scone:

Baroness Hanham:

Column: 77

Lord Jenkin of Roding:

Lord Adonis:

Lord Greaves:

Column: 78

Baroness Hanham:

Lord Greaves:

Baroness Hanham:

Lord Adonis:

Baroness Garden of Frognal:

Education: Academies and Free Schools - Question for Short Debate

7.28 pm

Baroness Perry of Southwark:


Column: 79


Column: 80


Column: 81

7.37 pm

Lord Baker of Dorking:


Column: 82

7.42 pm

Lord Storey:

Column: 83


Column: 84

7.47 pm

Lord Sutherland of Houndwood:


Column: 85

7.52 pm

The Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells:


Column: 86

7.58 pm

Lord Lucas:

Column: 87


Column: 88

8.02 pm

Lord Moynihan:


Column: 89

8.07 pm

Lord Bilimoria:


Column: 90

8.10 pm

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch:


Column: 91


Column: 92


8.15 pm

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


Column: 93

Column: 94


Column: 95

8.26 pm

Growth and Infrastructure Bill - Committee (4th Day) (Continued)

8.28 pm

Clause 24 : Bringing business and commercial projects within Planning Act 2008 regime

Amendment 77C

Lord Jenkin of Roding:

Column: 96


Column: 97

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon:

Column: 98

Lord Jenkin of Roding:

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon:

Column: 99

Lord Jenkin of Roding:

Amendment 78ZB

Lord Adonis:

8.45 pm

Column: 100

Lord Adonis:

Baroness Young of Old Scone:

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

Column: 101

Baroness Young of Old Scone:

Baroness Hanham:


Column: 102

Lord Greaves:

Baroness Hanham:

Lord Greaves:

Baroness Hanham:

Lord Adonis:

Amendment 81

Column: 103

Lord Tope:

9 pm

Lord Adonis:

Lord Tope:

Lord Adonis:

Lord Tope:

Lord Jenkin of Roding:

Column: 104


Column: 105

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon:


Column: 106

Lord Tope:

Column: 107

Amendment 81A

Baroness Young of Old Scone:

9.15 pm

Column: 108

Lord Greaves:


Column: 109

Baroness Hanham:


Column: 110


Column: 111

Baroness Young of Old Scone:

9.30 pm

Amendment 81CA

Column: 112

Lord Jenkin of Roding:


Column: 113

Lord Greaves:

Lord McKenzie of Luton:

Baroness Hanham:

Column: 114


Column: 115

Lord Jenkin of Roding:

Amendment 81CC

Lord Shipley:

Column: 116

9.45 pm

Column: 117

Baroness Hanham:

Column: 118

Lord Shipley:

Clause 25 : Postponement of compilation of English rating lists to 2017

Amendment 81CD

The Earl of Lytton:


Column: 119


Column: 120

10 pm

Lord McKenzie of Luton:

Column: 121


Column: 122

Lord Smith of Leigh:

Column: 123

Baroness Hanham:

10.15 pm

Column: 124


Column: 125

Column: 126

Lord McKenzie of Luton:

Baroness Hanham:

Lord McKenzie of Luton:

Baroness Hanham:

The Earl of Lytton:


Column: 127

Column: 128

10.30 pm

Lord Smith of Leigh:

Column: GC1

Grand Committee [4 Feb 2013]

3.30 pm

The Deputy Chairman of Committees (Baroness Fookes):

Criminal Procedure Policy: EUC Report - Motion to Take Note

3.30 pm

Lord Bowness:


Column: GC2


Column: GC3

Column: GC4

3.45 pm

Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts:

Column: GC5


Column: GC6


Column: GC7

3.54 pm

Lord Maclennan of Rogart:


Column: GC8

4.05 pm

Baroness O'Loan:

Column: GC10


Column: GC11


Column: GC12

4.16 pm

Lord Beecham:

Column: GC13


Column: GC14

4.25 pm

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


Column: GC15


Column: GC16

Lord Beecham:

Lord McNally:

Column: GC17


Column: GC18

4.42 pm

Lord Bowness:

Science and Heritage: S&T Committee Report - Motion to Take Note

4.45 pm

Baroness Sharp of Guildford:

Column: GC19


Column: GC20

Column: GC21

Column: GC22


Column: GC23


Column: GC24

5.07 pm

Baroness Hilton of Eggardon:

Column: GC25

5.12 pm

The Earl of Selborne:


Column: GC26

Column: GC27

5.20 pm

Baroness Andrews:


Column: GC28

Column: GC29

Column: GC30

5.33 pm

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara:


Column: GC31

Column: GC32


Column: GC33

5.43 pm

Lord Gardiner of Kimble:

Column: GC34

Lord Gardiner of Kimble:

Column: GC35


Column: GC36


Column: GC37

Column: GC38

6.01 pm

Baroness Sharp of Guildford:

Column: WS1

Written Statements [4 Feb 2013]

Climate Change - Statement

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

Northern Ireland: Security - Statement

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

Police: Grants - Statement

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

Column: WS2

Column: WS4

Column: WA1

Written Answers [4 Feb 2013]

Abortion - Question

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

Ansaru - Question

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

Column: WA2

Banking: Staff - Question

Lord Wallace of Saltaire:

Battle of the Atlantic: Commemoration - Questions

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


Column: WA3

Benefits - Questions

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

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


Column: WA4

Benefits: Motability Schemes - Question

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

British Council - Question

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

Column: WA5

British-Irish Relations - Question

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

Elderly People: Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual People - Questions

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

Column: WA6

Employment: Work Capability Assessment - Question

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

Energy: Oil Prices - Question

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

Column: WA7

Food: Cheese - Question

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

Freedom of Religion and Conscience - Question

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

Column: WA8

Government Departments: Catering Facilities - Question

Lord Wallace of Saltaire:

Government Departments: e-mail - Question

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

Column: WA9

Health: Clinical Trials - Questions

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


Column: WA10

Health: Doctors’ Language Tests - Question

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

Health: Drug-resistant Diseases - Question

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

Column: WA11

Health: Healthwatch England - Questions

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

Earl Howe:

Health: Obesity - Question

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

Column: WA12

Health: Plasma - Question

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

Higher Education: Funding - Question

Baroness Garden of Frognal:

Column: WA13

Hillsborough - Question

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

House of Lords: Savings Strategy and Financial Plan - Questions

The Chairman of Committees (Lord Sewel):

The Chairman of Committees:

Column: WA14

The Chairman of Committees:

The Chairman of Committees:

The Chairman of Committees:

Houses of Parliament: Police - Question

The Chairman of Committees (Lord Sewel):

Column: WA15

The Chairman of Committees:

Human Trafficking - Question

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

Israel and Palestine - Question

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

Lithuania - Question

Column: WA16

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

Mexico: Money Laundering - Questions

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

Baroness Warsi:

Column: WA17

Migration - Question

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

National Crime Agency - Questions

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

Column: WA18

NHS: Dentistry - Question

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

Column: WA19

NHS: GP Accreditation - Questions

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

Earl Howe:

Nigeria - Question

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

Column: WA20

Olympic Truce - Question

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

Palestine - Question

Column: WA21

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

Pensions - Question

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

Pensions: Britons Living Abroad - Questions

Column: WA22

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

Public Sector: Women - Question

Lord Wallace of Saltaire:

Small and Medium-sized Enterprises: Wales - Question

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

Social Security (Personal Independence Payment) Regulations 2013 - Question

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

Column: WA24

Suicide - Question

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

Column: WA25

Tunisia - Question

Baroness Northover:

Column: WA26

Welfare: Personal Independence Payment - Question

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