Table of Contents for
Wednesday 10 Jul 2013

Volume No. 747Part No. 33

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House of Lords

Dyslexia - Question

Syria - Question

Alcohol: Minimum Pricing - Question

Iran - Question

Financial Services (Banking Reform) Bill - First Reading

Public Bodies (Abolition of the Registrar of Public Lending Right) Order 2013 - Motion to Approve

Social Security, Child Support, Vaccine Damage and Other Payments (Decisions and Appeals) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 - Motion to Approve

Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill - Report (2nd Day)

Schedule 4 : Effect of extension of marriage: further provision

Amendment 84

Amendment 85

Schedule 5 : Change of gender of married persons or civil partners

Amendment 86

Amendments 87 to 89

Amendment 90

Schedule 6 : Marriage overseas

Amendment 93

Clause 14 : Review of civil partnership

Amendment 94

Royal Mail - Statement

Government Archives and Official Histories - Question for Short Debate

Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill - Report (2nd Day) (Continued)

Amendment 95

Amendment 95A

Amendment 96

Schedule 7: Transitional and consequential provision etc

Amendment 106

Clause 16: Orders and regulations

Amendments 108 to 111

Amendments 113 to 118

Amendment 123A

Clause 17: Interpretation

Amendment 125

Clause 18: Extent

Amendments 126 to 133

Clause 19: Short title and commencement

In the Title

Amendment 135

Grand Committee

Road Safety (Financial Penalty Deposit) (Appropriate Amount) (Amendment) Order 2013 - Considered in Grand Committee

Highway and Railway (Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project) Order 2013 - Considered in Grand Committee

Public Bodies (Abolition of BRB (Residuary) Limited) Order 2013 - Considered in Grand Committee

Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2013 - Considered in Grand Committee

Alternative Investment Fund Managers Regulations 2013 - Considered in Grand Committee

Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2013 - Considered in Grand Committee

National Health Service (Licensing and Pricing) Regulations 2013 - Considered in Grand Committee

Written Statements

Afghanistan: Roulement - Statement

Businesses: Regulation - Statement

Civil Service: Reform - Statement

Energy: Coal Mining - Statement

Financial Services Authority: Annual Report - Statement

Universal Credit - Statement

Written Answers

Agriculture: Genetically and Non-genetically Modified Food - Question

Asylum Seekers - Question

Banking - Question

BBC: Licence Fee - Question

Benefits - Questions

Broadcasting: Religion - Question

Child Poverty - Question

Debt - Question

Economy - Question

Electronic Communications Code (Conditions and Restrictions) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 - Question

Energy: Electricity Supplies - Question

Food: Labelling - Question

Government Departments: Correspondence - Question

Health: Cardiology - Question

Health: Doctors - Question

Health: Drugs Pricing - Questions

Health: Human Papilloma Virus - Question

Health: Palliative Care - Question

Homeless People - Question

Housing Benefit - Question

Housing: Private Rented Sector - Questions

Internet: Broadband - Questions

Israel - Question

Kazakhstan - Question

Mobile Phones: Licences - Question

NHS PropCo - Question

NHS: Migrant Access and Charges - Question

Northern Ireland Executive - Question

Pakistan - Question

Pensions - Questions

Personal Independence Payment - Questions

Romania - Question

Syria - Questions

Terrorism - Question

Unemployment: English Lessons - Questions

Universal Credit - Questions

Visas - Question





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Wednesday 10 Jul 2013

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House of Lords [10 Jul 2013]

3 pm

Dyslexia - Question

3.06 pm

Lord Addington:

Baroness Garden of Frognal:

Lord Addington:

Baroness Garden of Frognal:

Baroness Whitaker:

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Baroness Garden of Frognal:

Lord Walton of Detchant:

Baroness Garden of Frognal:

Lord Martin of Springburn:

Baroness Garden of Frognal:

Lord Brookman:

Baroness Garden of Frognal:

Baroness Wilkins:

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Baroness Garden of Frognal:

Lord Swinfen:

Baroness Garden of Frognal:

The Lord Bishop of Chester:

Baroness Garden of Frognal:

Lord Davies of Coity:

Baroness Garden of Frognal:

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Syria - Question

3.14 pm

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

Lord Wood of Anfield:

Baroness Warsi:

The Lord Bishop of Exeter:

Baroness Warsi:

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Baroness Falkner of Margravine:

Baroness Warsi:

Lord Foulkes of Cumnock:

Baroness Warsi:

Lord Selkirk of Douglas:

Baroness Warsi:

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Lord Soley:

Baroness Warsi:

Alcohol: Minimum Pricing - Question

3.22 pm

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

Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe:

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Lord Taylor of Holbeach:

Baroness Hollins:

Lord Taylor of Holbeach:

Lord Avebury:

Lord Taylor of Holbeach:

Lord Turnberg:

Lord Taylor of Holbeach:

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Lord Cormack:

Lord Taylor of Holbeach:

Baroness Smith of Basildon:

Lord Taylor of Holbeach:

Baroness Finlay of Llandaff:

Lord Taylor of Holbeach:

Lord Glentoran:

Lord Taylor of Holbeach:

Lord Rea:

Lord Taylor of Holbeach:

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Iran - Question

3.29 pm

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

Baroness Williams of Crosby:

Baroness Warsi:

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Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean:

Baroness Warsi:

Lord Phillips of Sudbury:

Baroness Warsi:

Lord Anderson of Swansea:

Lord Davies of Stamford:

Lord Hylton:

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

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Lord Hylton:

Baroness Warsi:

Lord Davies of Stamford:

Baroness Warsi:

Financial Services (Banking Reform) Bill - First Reading

3.37 pm

Public Bodies (Abolition of the Registrar of Public Lending Right) Order 2013 - Motion to Approve

3.37 pm

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Social Security, Child Support, Vaccine Damage and Other Payments (Decisions and Appeals) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 - Motion to Approve

3.38 pm

Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill - Report (2nd Day)

3.38 pm

Schedule 4 : Effect of extension of marriage: further provision

Amendment 84

Lord Alli:


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3.45 pm

Baroness Howe of Idlicote:

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Lord Lester of Herne Hill:

The Lord Bishop of Guildford:

Baroness Noakes:

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Lord Higgins:

Lord Deben:


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4 pm

Lord Elton:

Noble Lords:

Lord Elton:


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Baroness Lister of Burtersett:

Baroness Royall of Blaisdon:

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Baroness Stowell of Beeston:

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4.15 pm

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Lord Lester of Herne Hill:

Baroness Stowell of Beeston:

Lord Higgins:

Baroness Stowell of Beeston:

Lord Higgins:

Baroness Stowell of Beeston:

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Lord Alli:

Baroness Stowell of Beeston:

Lord Alli:


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Amendment 85

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Lord Armstrong of Ilminster:

4.30 pm

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Lord Lester of Herne Hill:

Lord Pannick:

Lord Deben:

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Baroness Thornton:

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

4.45 pm

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Lord Armstrong of Ilminster:

Schedule 5 : Change of gender of married persons or civil partners

Amendment 86

Baroness Stowell of Beeston:


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Baroness Gould of Potternewton:

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Baroness Barker:

5 pm

Baroness Thornton:


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Baroness Stowell of Beeston:

Amendments 87 to 89

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Amendment 90

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Schedule 6 : Marriage overseas

Amendment 93

Lord Wallace of Tankerness:

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Clause 14 : Review of civil partnership

Amendment 94

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Baroness Deech:

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5.15 pm

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Lord Cormack:

Lord Lloyd of Berwick:

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Baroness Butler-Sloss:

Baroness Hooper:

Lord Alli:

5.30 pm

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Lord Lloyd of Berwick:

Lord Alli:

Lord Cormack:

Lord Alli:

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Lord Pearson of Rannoch:

Lord Alli:

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Lord Lloyd of Berwick:

Lord Alli:

The Lord Bishop of Chester:

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5.45 pm

Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton:

Lord Cormack:

Baroness Northover:

Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton:

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Lord Dear:

Baroness Berridge:


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Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws:

Baroness Deech:

Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws:

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The Lord Bishop of Chester:

Baroness Stowell of Beeston:

The Lord Bishop of Chester:

Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws:

6 pm

Lord Anderson of Swansea:

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Baroness Barker:


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Lord Pannick:

Baroness Thornton:

Lord Anderson of Swansea:

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Baroness Thornton:

Lord Wallace of Tankerness:


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6.15 pm

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Baroness Deech:

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6.26 pm

Division on Amendment 94Contents 89; Not-Contents 267.Amendment 94 disagreed.

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Division No. 1 [] [10 Jul 2013]

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6.42 pm

Royal Mail - Statement

6.43 pm

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


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6.50 pm

Lord Young of Norwood Green:


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6.57 pm

Viscount Younger of Leckie:


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7.01 pm

Lord Fowler:

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Viscount Younger of Leckie:

Lord O'Neill of Clackmannan:

Viscount Younger of Leckie:

Lord Razzall:


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Viscount Younger of Leckie:


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Lord Martin of Springburn:

Viscount Younger of Leckie:

Lord Martin of Springburn:

Viscount Younger of Leckie:

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The Lord Bishop of Exeter:

Viscount Younger of Leckie:

Lord Bates:

Viscount Younger of Leckie:

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Lord Grade of Yarmouth:

Viscount Younger of Leckie:

Lord Young of Norwood Green:

Viscount Younger of Leckie:

Government Archives and Official Histories - Question for Short Debate

7.22 pm

Lord Rodgers of Quarry Bank:


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7.32 pm

Lord Prescott:


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7.39 pm

Lord Hennessy of Nympsfield:


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7.45 pm

Lord Butler of Brockwell:

Lord Prescott:

Lord Butler of Brockwell:


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7.50 pm

Lord Liddle:


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7.55 pm

Lord Bew:


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8 pm

Lord Thomas of Swynnerton:

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8.02 pm

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara:


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8.08 pm

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon:

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Lord Stevenson of Balmacara:

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Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon:

Lord Prescott:

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon:


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Lord Prescott:

Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill - Report (2nd Day) (Continued)

8.20 pm

Amendment 95

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The Lord Bishop of Leicester:


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8.30 pm

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Baroness Cumberlege:

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Lord Pannick:

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Lord Cormack:

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8.45 pm

Lord Alli:

Baroness Brinton:

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The Lord Bishop of Guildford:

Lord Eden of Winton:

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Lord Elystan-Morgan:

9 pm

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Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton:


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Lord Elton:

The Lord Bishop of Winchester:

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Baroness Byford:

9.15 pm

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The Lord Bishop of Exeter:


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Baroness Royall of Blaisdon:

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Baroness Stowell of Beeston:


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9.30 pm

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The Lord Bishop of Leicester:


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Amendment 95A

The Earl of Listowel:


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9.45 pm

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Baroness Barker:


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Lord Alli:

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Lord Elton:

Lord Singh of Wimbledon:

Lord Pannick:

10 pm

Baroness Brinton:

Baroness Thornton:

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Baroness Stowell of Beeston:


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The Earl of Listowel:

Amendment 96

Lord Singh of Wimbledon:

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10.15 pm

Baroness Turner of Camden:

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Lord Fowler:

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Lord Waddington:

Lord Fowler:

Lord Waddington:

Lord Carlile of Berriew:

Lord Pannick:

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Lord Alli:

10.30 pm

Lord Anderson of Swansea:

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Lord Martin of Springburn:

10.45 pm

The Earl of Listowel:

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Lord Norton of Louth:

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Baroness Thornton:

Baroness O'Loan:

Baroness Thornton:


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

Lord Singh of Wimbledon:

Lord Wallace of Tankerness:


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Lord Singh of Wimbledon:

Lord Wallace of Tankerness:


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11 pm

Lord Martin of Springburn:

Lord Wallace of Tankerness:


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Lord Singh of Wimbledon:

Schedule 7: Transitional and consequential provision etc

Amendment 106

Clause 16: Orders and regulations

Amendments 108 to 111

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Amendments 113 to 118

Amendment 123A

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Baroness Northover:


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Baroness Thornton:

Clause 17: Interpretation

Amendment 125

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Clause 18: Extent

Amendments 126 to 133

Clause 19: Short title and commencement

In the Title

Amendment 135

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Grand Committee [10 Jul 2013]

3.45 pm

The Deputy Chairman of Committees (Baroness Fookes):

Road Safety (Financial Penalty Deposit) (Appropriate Amount) (Amendment) Order 2013 - Considered in Grand Committee

3.45 pm

Earl Attlee:


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Lord Rosser:

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Lord Bradshaw:

Earl Attlee:


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4 pm

Lord Rosser:

Earl Attlee:

Lord Rosser:

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Earl Attlee:

Highway and Railway (Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project) Order 2013 - Considered in Grand Committee

4.05 pm

Earl Attlee:

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4.15 pm

Lord Rosser:

Earl Attlee:


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Public Bodies (Abolition of BRB (Residuary) Limited) Order 2013 - Considered in Grand Committee

4.22 pm

Earl Attlee:

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4.30 pm

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Lord Faulkner of Worcester:


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Lord Rosser:


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Earl Attlee:


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Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2013 - Considered in Grand Committee

4.45 pm

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


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5 pm

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Lord Teverson:


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Lord Grantchester:

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5.15 pm

Baroness Verma:


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Lord Grantchester:

Baroness Verma:

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Alternative Investment Fund Managers Regulations 2013 - Considered in Grand Committee

5.24 pm

Lord Newby:


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5.30 pm

Lord Burnett:

Lord Davies of Oldham:


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Lord Newby:

Lord Davies of Oldham:

Lord Newby:


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Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2013 - Considered in Grand Committee

5.41 pm

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

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5.45 pm

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Baroness Finlay of Llandaff:

Lord Beecham:

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Lord McNally:

6 pm

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Lord Beecham:

Lord McNally:

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National Health Service (Licensing and Pricing) Regulations 2013 - Considered in Grand Committee

6.08 pm

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


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6.15 pm

Baroness Finlay of Llandaff:

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Lord Hunt of Kings Heath:


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6.27 pm
6.36 pm

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath:

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Earl Howe:

6.45 pm

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Lord Hunt of Kings Heath:

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Earl Howe:

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Baroness Finlay of Llandaff:

Earl Howe:

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Written Statements [10 Jul 2013]

Afghanistan: Roulement - Statement

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

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Column: WS20

Businesses: Regulation - Statement

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

Civil Service: Reform - Statement

Lord Wallace of Saltaire:


Column: WS21

Energy: Coal Mining - Statement

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

Column: WS22

Financial Services Authority: Annual Report - Statement

The Commercial Secretary to the Treasury (Lord Deighton):

Universal Credit - Statement

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


Column: WS23


Column: WS24

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Column: WA43

Written Answers [10 Jul 2013]

Agriculture: Genetically and Non-genetically Modified Food - Question

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

Column: WA44

Asylum Seekers - Question

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

Column: WA45

Banking - Question

The Commercial Secretary to the Treasury (Lord Deighton):

BBC: Licence Fee - Question

Lord Gardiner of Kimble:

Benefits - Questions

Column: WA46

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

Lord Freud:

Broadcasting: Religion - Question

Column: WA47

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

Child Poverty - Question

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


Column: WA48

Debt - Question

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

Economy - Question

The Commercial Secretary to the Treasury (Lord Deighton):

Column: WA49

Electronic Communications Code (Conditions and Restrictions) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 - Question

Lord Gardiner of Kimble:

Energy: Electricity Supplies - Question

Column: WA50

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

Food: Labelling - Question

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

Government Departments: Correspondence - Question

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

Health: Cardiology - Question

Column: WA51

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

Health: Doctors - Question

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

Health: Drugs Pricing - Questions

Column: WA52

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

Earl Howe:

Earl Howe:

Column: WA53

Health: Human Papilloma Virus - Question

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

Health: Palliative Care - Question

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

Column: WA54

Homeless People - Question

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

Housing Benefit - Question

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

Column: WA55

Housing: Private Rented Sector - Questions

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

Baroness Hanham:

Column: WA56

Internet: Broadband - Questions

Lord Gardiner of Kimble:

Lord Gardiner of Kimble:

Column: WA57

Israel - Question

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

Kazakhstan - Question

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

Mobile Phones: Licences - Question

Column: WA58

Lord Gardiner of Kimble:

NHS PropCo - Question

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

NHS: Migrant Access and Charges - Question

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


Column: WA59

Northern Ireland Executive - Question

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

Pakistan - Question

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

Column: WA60

Pensions - Questions

The Commercial Secretary to the Treasury (Lord Deighton):

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

Column: WA61

Lord Freud:

Personal Independence Payment - Questions

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

Lord Freud:

Column: WA62

Lord Freud:

Romania - Question

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

Column: WA63

Syria - Questions

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

Baroness Warsi:

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

Column: WA64

Terrorism - Question

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

Unemployment: English Lessons - Questions

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

Lord Freud:

Universal Credit - Questions

Column: WA65

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

Lord Freud:

Column: WA66

Visas - Question

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