Table of Contents for
Thursday 28 Feb 2013

Volume No. 743Part No. 118

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House of Lords

Royal Assent

Personal Statement

Burma - Question

Dyslexia: Apprenticeships - Question

Medical Research: International Rare Diseases Research Consortium - Question

NHS: West London Hospitals - Question

House of Lords: Membership - Motion to Agree

Amendment to the Motion

Succession to the Crown Bill - Committee

Clause 1 : Succession to the Crown not to depend on gender

Amendment 1

Amendment 3

Research Councils UK: Open Access Policy (S&T Report) - Question for Short Debate

Succession to the Crown Bill - Committee (Continued)

Amendment 3A

Clause 2: Removal of disqualification arising from marriage to a Roman Catholic

Amendment 4

Amendment 5

Amendment 10

Amendment 11

Clause 3 : Consent of Sovereign required to certain Royal Marriages

Amendment 12

Amendment 13A

Amendment 15

Clause 5: Commencement and short title

Amendment 16

Schedule: Consequential amendments

Amendment 18

Amendment 23

Grand Committee

Arrangement of Business - Announcement

Local Authorities (Contracting Out of Tax Billing, Collection and Enforcement Functions) (Amendment) (England) Order 2013 - Considered in Grand Committee

Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Detection of Fraud and Enforcement) (England) Regulations 2013 - Considered in Grand Committee

Gateshead and Northumberland (Boundary Change) Order 2013 - Considered in Grand Committee

East Hertfordshire and Stevenage (Boundary Change) Order 2013 - Considered in Grand Committee

Guaranteed Minimum Pensions Increase Order 2013 - Considered in Grand Committee

Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2013 - Considered in Grand Committee

National Employment Savings Trust (Amendment) Order 2013 - Considered in Grand Committee

Vocational Education - Question for Short Debate

Written Statements

Fire Service College - Statement

Immigration Rules - Statement

Legal Aid Agency - Statement

Manufacturing - Statement

Northern Ireland: Security - Statement

Shipping: Towing Vessels - Statement

Written Answers

Armed Forces: Supplies and Equipment - Question

Asylum Seekers - Questions

Audit Commission - Question

Civil Partnerships - Questions

Civil Service: Secondments - Questions

Commerce and Advertising - Question

Committee on Standards in Public Life - Question

Courts: Disabled People - Questions

Criminal Justice: Reoffenders - Question

Disabled Children: Children’s Holidays - Question

Education: Schools Forums - Question

Elderly People: Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual People - Question

Energy: Biomass Fuel - Question

Energy: Solar Power - Question

First World War: Commemoration - Question

Government: Consultations - Question

House of Lords: Travel Expenses - Questions

Media: Media Freedom - Question

Media: Newspaper Closures - Question

Media: Press Regulation - Question

National Crime Agency - Question

Northern Ireland Office: Staff - Questions

Offenders: Outsourcing Probation - Questions

Planning - Question

Prisoners: Foreign Nationals - Question

Prisoners: Religion - Question

Schools: Academies - Questions

Schools: Asbestos - Question

Schools: Building Programme - Question

Telecommunications: Electronic Communications - Question

Telecommunications: Overhead Lines - Question

Tourism: Chinese Visitors - Question





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Thursday 28 Feb 2013

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House of Lords [28 Feb 2013]

11 am

Royal Assent

11.06 am

Personal Statement

11.07 am

Baroness Butler-Sloss:

Burma - Question

11.08 am

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

Baroness Cox:

Baroness Warsi:

Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead:

Baroness Warsi:

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Baroness Buscombe:

Baroness Warsi:

Baroness Berridge:

Baroness Warsi:

Lord Alton of Liverpool:

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Baroness Warsi:

Baroness Falkner of Margravine:

Baroness Warsi:

Dyslexia: Apprenticeships - Question

11.17 am

Baroness Garden of Frognal:

Lord Addington:

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Baroness Garden of Frognal:

Lord Martin of Springburn:

Baroness Garden of Frognal:

Baroness Brinton:

Baroness Garden of Frognal:

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Baroness O’Cathain:

Baroness Garden of Frognal:

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch:

Baroness Garden of Frognal:

Medical Research: International Rare Diseases Research Consortium - Question

11.22 am

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

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Lord Avebury:

Earl Howe:

Lord Walton of Detchant:

Earl Howe:

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Lord Hunt of Kings Heath:

Earl Howe:

Lord Cotter:

Earl Howe:

Lord Patel:

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Earl Howe:

NHS: West London Hospitals - Question

11.32 am

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

Lord Dubs:

Earl Howe:

Baroness Hussein-Ece:

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Earl Howe:

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath:

Earl Howe:

Baroness Wilkins:

Earl Howe:

Lord Dubs:

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Earl Howe:

Baroness Masham of Ilton:

Earl Howe:

House of Lords: Membership - Motion to Agree

11.39 am

Lord Steel of Aikwood:

Noble Lords:

Lord Steel of Aikwood:

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11.45 am

Lord Hughes of Woodside:

Lord Steel of Aikwood:


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Amendment to the Motion

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath:

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Lord Dykes:

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Lord Hunt of Kings Heath:

Noon

Lord Laming:


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Lord Cormack:

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Lord Hughes of Woodside:

Lord Cormack:

Lord Elton:

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Lord Cormack:

Lord Tyler:

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12.15 pm

Lord Grocott:


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Baroness Hayman:


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Lord Higgins:


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12.30 pm

The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (Lord Hill of Oareford):

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Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe:

Lord Hill of Oareford:

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Baroness Hayman:

Lord Hill of Oareford:

Lord Reid of Cardowan:

Lord Hill of Oareford:

Lord Richard:

Lord Hill of Oareford:

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12.45 pm

Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton:

Lord Hill of Oareford:


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Lord Elton:

Lord Hill of Oareford:

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath:

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12.54 pm

Division on Lord Hunt of Kings Heath's amendment.Contents 217; Not-Contents 45.Amendment agreed.

Division No. 1 [] [28 Feb 2013]

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1.06 pm

Lord Steel of Aikwood:

Succession to the Crown Bill - Committee

1.07 pm

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Clause 1 : Succession to the Crown not to depend on gender

Amendment 1

Lord Trefgarne:

Baroness Anelay of St Johns:

Lord Trefgarne:

Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town:

Lord Elton:

The Advocate-General for Scotland (Lord Wallace of Tankerness):


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Lord Trefgarne:

1.15 pm

Lord Wallace of Tankerness:

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Lord Trefgarne:

Amendment 3

Lord Northbrook:

Lord Lloyd of Berwick:


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Lord Lexden:

Lord Mancroft:

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Lord Trefgarne:

Lord Berkeley:


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Lord Deben:


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1.30 pm

Lord James of Blackheath:


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Lord Lang of Monkton:

Lord Berkeley:

Lord James of Blackheath:

Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town:


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Lord Wallace of Tankerness:

Lord Trefgarne:

Lord Wallace of Tankerness:

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Lord Maclennan of Rogart:

Lord Wallace of Tankerness:

1.45 pm

Lord Northbrook:

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Baroness Garden of Frognal:

Research Councils UK: Open Access Policy (S&T Report) - Question for Short Debate

1.48 pm

Lord Krebs:


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1.57 pm

The Earl of Selborne:

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2.04 pm

Viscount Hanworth:

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2.11 pm

Baroness Sharp of Guildford:

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2.18 pm

Lord Broers:

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2.24 pm

Lord Rees of Ludlow:

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2.31 pm

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara:


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2.35 pm

Lord Popat:

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Lord Krebs:

Lord Popat:


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Succession to the Crown Bill - Committee (Continued)

2.49 pm

Amendment 3A

Lord True:

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3 pm

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Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town:

Lord Trefgarne:

Lord Elton:

The Advocate-General for Scotland (Lord Wallace of Tankerness):


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Lord Elton:

Lord Wallace of Tankerness:

Lord Elton:

Lord True:

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Clause 2: Removal of disqualification arising from marriage to a Roman Catholic

Amendment 4

Lord Cormack:


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3.15 pm

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Lord Deben:


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3.30 pm

Lord Luce:

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Lord Forsyth of Drumlean:

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Lord Trefgarne:

Lord Fellowes:

Lord James of Blackheath:

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara:


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3.45 pm

Lord Wallace of Tankerness:


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Lord Forsyth of Drumlean:

Lord Wallace of Tankerness:

Lord Cormack:

Amendment 5

Lord Trefgarne:

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Amendment 10

Lord Trefgarne:

Lord Northbrook:

Lord Forsyth of Drumlean:


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4 pm

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara:

Lord Wallace of Tankerness:


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Lord Maclennan of Rogart:

Lord Wallace of Tankerness:


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The Earl of Erroll:

Lord Wallace of Tankerness:

Lord Forsyth of Drumlean:

Lord Wallace of Tankerness:

Lord Trefgarne:

Lord Wallace of Tankerness:

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Lord Northbrook:

Lord Wallace of Tankerness:

Lord True:

Lord Wallace of Tankerness:

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Lord Forsyth of Drumlean:

4.15 pm

Lord Cormack:

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Lord Wallace of Tankerness:

Lord Trefgarne:

Amendment 11

Lord Trefgarne:

Lord Wallace of Tankerness:

Lord Trefgarne:

Clause 3 : Consent of Sovereign required to certain Royal Marriages

Amendment 12

Lord Lang of Monkton:

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4.30 pm

Lord Northbrook:

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Lord Elton:

Lord Lexden:

Lord Lyell:

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Lord Forsyth of Drumlean:

Lord Trefgarne:

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Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town:

The Earl of Erroll:

Lord True:

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4.45 pm

Lord Wallace of Tankerness:

Lord Forsyth of Drumlean:

Lord Wallace of Tankerness:

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Lord Lang of Monkton:

Lord Wallace of Tankerness:

Lord Lang of Monkton:

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Lord Wallace of Tankerness:

Lord Lang of Monkton:

Amendment 13A

Lord Elton:


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5 pm

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Lord Wallace of Tankerness:

Lord Forsyth of Drumlean:

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Lord Northbrook:

Lord Wallace of Tankerness:

Lord Lexden:

Lord Wallace of Tankerness:

Lord Elton:

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Lord Wallace of Tankerness:

Lord Elton:

Lord Wallace of Tankerness:

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Lord Forsyth of Drumlean:

5.15 pm

Lord Wallace of Tankerness:

Lord Cormack:

Lord Northbrook:

The Earl of Erroll:

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Lord Wallace of Tankerness:

Lord Forsyth of Drumlean:

Lord Cormack:

Lord Wallace of Tankerness:

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Lord Elton:

Amendment 15

Lord Trefgarne:

Lord Wallace of Tankerness:

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Lord True:

Lord Trefgarne:

Lord Wallace of Tankerness:

Lord True:

Lord Trefgarne:

Clause 5: Commencement and short title

Amendment 16

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Lord Trefgarne:

5.30 pm

Lord Cormack:

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara:

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Lord Northbrook:

Lord Elton:

Lord Forsyth of Drumlean:

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Lord Northbrook:

Lord True:

Lord Trefgarne:

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Lord Wallace of Tankerness:

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara:

Lord Wallace of Tankerness:


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Lord Trefgarne:

Lord Wallace of Tankerness:

Lord Northbrook:

5.45 pm

Lord Wallace of Tankerness:

Lord Forsyth of Drumlean:

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Lord Wallace of Tankerness:

Lord Forsyth of Drumlean:

Lord Wallace of Tankerness:

Lord Cormack:

Lord Wallace of Tankerness:

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Lord Trefgarne:

Schedule: Consequential amendments

Amendment 18

Lord Northbrook:

Lord Wallace of Tankerness:

Lord Northbrook:

Amendment 23

Lord Northbrook:

Lord Wallace of Tankerness:

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Lord Northbrook:

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Grand Committee [28 Feb 2013]

Arrangement of Business - Announcement

2 pm

The Deputy Chairman of Committees (Lord Faulkner of Worcester):

Local Authorities (Contracting Out of Tax Billing, Collection and Enforcement Functions) (Amendment) (England) Order 2013 - Considered in Grand Committee

2.01 pm

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


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Lord Shipley:

Baroness Smith of Basildon:

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2.15 pm

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Baroness Hanham:


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Baroness Smith of Basildon:

Baroness Hanham:

Baroness Smith of Basildon:

Baroness Hanham:

Baroness Smith of Basildon:

Baroness Hanham:


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Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Detection of Fraud and Enforcement) (England) Regulations 2013 - Considered in Grand Committee

2.29 pm

Gateshead and Northumberland (Boundary Change) Order 2013 - Considered in Grand Committee

2.30 pm

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


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Lord Shipley:

Lord Rosser:

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Baroness Hanham:

2.45 pm

Lord Rosser:

Baroness Hanham:

Lord Rosser:

Baroness Hanham:

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East Hertfordshire and Stevenage (Boundary Change) Order 2013 - Considered in Grand Committee

2.48 pm

Guaranteed Minimum Pensions Increase Order 2013 - Considered in Grand Committee

2.50 pm

Baroness Stowell of Beeston:


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Lord German:


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3 pm

Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope:


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Lord McKenzie of Luton:


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3.15 pm

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Baroness Stowell of Beeston:

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3.30 pm

Lord McKenzie of Luton:

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Baroness Stowell of Beeston:

Lord McKenzie of Luton:

Baroness Stowell of Beeston:


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Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2013 - Considered in Grand Committee

3.39 pm

National Employment Savings Trust (Amendment) Order 2013 - Considered in Grand Committee

3.40 pm

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3.45 pm

Lord German:

Lord McKenzie of Luton:

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Baroness Stowell of Beeston:

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Baroness Stowell of Beeston:


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3.59 pm

Vocational Education - Question for Short Debate

4 pm

Lord Lucas:

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4.09 pm

Baroness Sharp of Guildford:


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4.17 pm

Lord Lingfield:


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4.24 pm

Lord Addington:


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4.32 pm

Lord Young of Norwood Green:


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4.41 pm

Baroness Garden of Frognal:


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The Deputy Chairman of Committees (Lord Colwyn):

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Written Statements [28 Feb 2013]

Fire Service College - Statement

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

Immigration Rules - Statement

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

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Legal Aid Agency - Statement

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

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Manufacturing - Statement

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

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Northern Ireland: Security - Statement

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

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Shipping: Towing Vessels - Statement

The Advocate-General for Scotland (Lord Wallace of Tankerness):

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Written Answers [28 Feb 2013]

Armed Forces: Supplies and Equipment - Question

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

Asylum Seekers - Questions

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

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Lord Taylor of Holbeach:

Audit Commission - Question

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

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Civil Partnerships - Questions

Baroness Stowell of Beeston:

Baroness Stowell of Beeston:

Civil Service: Secondments - Questions

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Lord Wallace of Saltaire:

Commerce and Advertising - Question

Lord Wallace of Saltaire:

Committee on Standards in Public Life - Question

Lord Wallace of Saltaire:

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Courts: Disabled People - Questions

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

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

Criminal Justice: Reoffenders - Question

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

Disabled Children: Children’s Holidays - Question

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

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Education: Schools Forums - Question

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

Elderly People: Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual People - Question

Baroness Stowell of Beeston:

Energy: Biomass Fuel - Question

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

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Energy: Solar Power - Question

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

First World War: Commemoration - Question

Lord Gardiner of Kimble:

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Government: Consultations - Question

Lord Wallace of Saltaire:

House of Lords: Travel Expenses - Questions

The Chairman of Committees (Lord Sewel):

The Chairman of Committees:

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The Chairman of Committees:

Media: Media Freedom - Question

Lord Gardiner of Kimble:

Media: Newspaper Closures - Question

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Lord Gardiner of Kimble:

Media: Press Regulation - Question

Lord Gardiner of Kimble:

National Crime Agency - Question

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

Northern Ireland Office: Staff - Questions

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

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Baroness Randerson:

Baroness Randerson:

Offenders: Outsourcing Probation - Questions

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

Lord McNally:

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Planning - Question

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

Prisoners: Foreign Nationals - Question

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

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Prisoners: Religion - Question

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

Schools: Academies - Questions

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

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Lord Nash:

Schools: Asbestos - Question

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

Schools: Building Programme - Question

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

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Telecommunications: Electronic Communications - Question

Lord Gardiner of Kimble:

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Telecommunications: Overhead Lines - Question

Lord Gardiner of Kimble:

Tourism: Chinese Visitors - Question

Lord Gardiner of Kimble: