Table of Contents for
Tuesday 8 Oct 2013

Volume No. 748Part No. 48

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House of Lords

Introduction: Lord Horam

Introduction: Baroness Grender

Message from the Queen

Message from His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge

Death of a Member: Lord Hayhoe - Announcement

Transport: Road Building - Question

Syria - Question

Tourism - Question

Syria: Humanitarian Assistance - Question

Care Bill - Order of Consideration Motion

Financial Services (Banking Reform) Bill - Committee (1st Day)

Clause 4: Ring-fencing of certain activities

Amendment 1

Amendment 2

Amendment 3

Amendment 4 (to Amendment 3)

Amendment 6

Amendment 7

Amendments 8 and 9

Amendments 11 to 13

Amendments 15 to 22

Amendment 23

Press Regulation - Statement

Financial Services (Banking Reform) Bill - Committee (1st Day) (Continued)

Amendment 24

Amendments 25 to 38

Clause 5: Directors of ring-fenced bodies to be approved persons

Amendment 39

Amendments 40 and 41

Clause 6: PRA annual report

Amendment 42

Written Statements

Railways: High Speed 2 - Statement

Roads: Infrastructure - Statement

Children and Families Bill - Statement

Coal Authority: Triennial Review - Statement

Correction to Commons Written Answer - Statement

Defence: Scotland Analysis Programme - Statement

Department for Communities and Local Government - Statement

Director of Service Prosecutions - Statement

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency - Statement

Energy: Smart Meters - Statement

Health: Personal Health Budgets - Statement

Health: Regenerative Medicine - Statement

Housing: Help to Buy - Statement

Immigration: Registered Travellers - Statement

Kenya - Statement

Pensions - Statement

Republic of Ireland: Financial Support - Statement

Serious and Organised Crime Strategy - Statement

Thurrock Thames Gateway Development Corporation - Statement

Trusts (Capital and Income) Act 2013 - Statement

Written Answers

Caste Discrimination - Question

Energy: Fuel Poverty - Question

Energy: Prices - Questions

Government Departments: Staff - Question

Immigration - Question

Agriculture: Hill Farm Allowance - Question

Animals in Scientific Procedures - Questions

Banking: Quantitative Easing - Question

Central African Republic - Questions

Climate Change - Questions

Employment: Pay - Question

Employment: Private Sector - Questions

Energy: Carbon Dioxide Emissions - Question

Energy: Carbon Emissions - Question

Energy: Electricity - Question

Energy: Renewable Energy - Question

Energy: Wind Turbines - Question

EU: Balance of Competences Review - Question

Fishing: Sea Bass - Questions

Georgia - Question

Government Departments: Procurement - Questions

Government: Government Certificates - Question

House of Lords: Members - Question

Immigration - Questions

Insurance - Question

Internet: Broadband - Question

Kosovo - Question

Legislation - Question

Nuclear Waste - Questions

Pensions - Questions

Public Bodies - Questions

Roma - Question

United Nations - Question





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names of speakers in the Lords Hansard text for
Tuesday 8 Oct 2013

Column: 1

House of Lords [8 Oct 2013]

2.30 pm

Introduction: Lord Horam

2.39 pm

Introduction: Baroness Grender

2.45 pm

Message from the Queen

2.50 pm

The Lord Chamberlain (Earl Peel) (CB):

Message from His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge

2.51 pm

The Lord Chamberlain (Earl Peel) (CB):

Death of a Member: Lord Hayhoe - Announcement

2.52 pm

The Lord Speaker (Baroness D'Souza):

Transport: Road Building - Question

2.52 pm

Lord Popat (Con):

Column: 3

Lord Berkeley (Lab):

Lord Popat:

Lord Mawhinney (Con):

Lord Popat:

Lord Bradshaw (LD):

Lord Popat:

Lord Davies of Oldham (Lab):

Column: 4

Lord Popat:

Lord Glentoran (Con):

Lord Popat:

Lord Sugar (Lab):

Lord Popat:

Syria - Question

2.59 pm

Column: 5

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

Lord Dykes (LD):

Baroness Warsi:

The Lord Bishop of Oxford:

Baroness Warsi:

Lord Wright of Richmond (CB):

Column: 6

Baroness Warsi:

Lord Reid of Cardowan (Lab):

Baroness Warsi:

Lord Alderdice (LD):

Baroness Warsi:

Column: 7

Lord Triesman (Lab):

Baroness Warsi:

Baroness Uddin (Non-Afl):

Baroness Warsi:

Tourism - Question

3.08 pm

Column: 8

Lord Gardiner of Kimble (Con):

Lord Lee of Trafford:

Lord Gardiner of Kimble:

Baroness Billingham (Lab):

Lord Gardiner of Kimble:

Column: 9

Lord Lamont of Lerwick (Con):

Lord Gardiner of Kimble:

Lord Berkeley of Knighton (CB):

Lord Gardiner of Kimble:

Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale (Lab):

Lord Gardiner of Kimble:

Column: 10

Lord Addington (LD):

Lord Gardiner of Kimble:

Syria: Humanitarian Assistance - Question

3.16 pm

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

Lord Roberts of Llandudno (LD):

Baroness Warsi:

Column: 11

Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean (Lab):

Baroness Warsi:

Lord Jopling (Con):

Baroness Warsi:

Lord Anderson of Swansea (Lab):

Baroness Warsi:

Column: 12

Baroness Williams of Crosby (LD):

Baroness Warsi:

Care Bill - Order of Consideration Motion

3.22 pm

Financial Services (Banking Reform) Bill - Committee (1st Day)

3.23 pm

Clause 4: Ring-fencing of certain activities

Amendment 1

Column: 13

Lord Blackwell (Con):

Baroness Anelay of St Johns (Con):

Lord Blackwell:


Column: 14

3.30 pm

Viscount Trenchard (Con):

The Commercial Secretary to the Treasury (Lord Deighton) (Con):

Column: 15


Column: 16

Lord Eatwell (Lab):

Lord Blackwell:

Lord Deighton:

Amendment 2

Amendment 3

Column: 17

Lord Turnbull (CB):

Column: 18


Column: 19

3.45 pm

Column: 20

Amendment 4 (to Amendment 3)

Column: 21

Column: 22

Lord Higgins (Con):

4 pm

Lord Phillips of Sudbury (LD):


Column: 23

Lord Desai (Lab):

Column: 24

Lord Deighton:


Column: 25


Column: 26

4.15 pm

Lord Lawson of Blaby (Con):


Column: 27


Column: 28


Column: 29

Lord Barnett (Lab):

4.30 pm

Lord McFall of Alcluith (Lab):


Column: 30

Lord Forsyth of Drumlean (Con):


Column: 31

Lord Phillips of Sudbury:

Lord Forsyth of Drumlean:

Column: 32

Lord Flight (Con):

Baroness Cohen of Pimlico (Lab):

Lord Forsyth of Drumlean:

Column: 33

4.45 pm

Lord Turnbull:


Column: 34

Lord Eatwell:

Column: 35

Amendment 6

Lord Deighton:

Lord Higgins:

Lord Deighton:

Column: 36

Lord Eatwell:

Lord Deighton:

Lord Higgins:


Column: 37

5 pm

Lord Deighton:

Lord Eatwell:

Lord Higgins:

Column: 38

Lord Deighton:

Lord Eatwell:

Lord Deighton:

Amendment 7

Lord Deighton:

Column: 39


Column: 40

Lord Lawson of Blaby:

Lord Deighton:

5.15 pm

Column: 41

Lord Eatwell:

Lord Deighton:


Column: 42

Amendments 8 and 9

Amendments 11 to 13

Amendments 15 to 22

Amendment 23

Column: 43

Lord Turnbull:


Column: 44

Lord Blackwell:

Lord Turnbull:

Lord Lawson of Blaby:

Column: 45

5.30 pm

Column: 46

The Archbishop of Canterbury:


Column: 47


Column: 48

Lord Phillips of Sudbury (LD):

5.45 pm

Lord Forsyth of Drumlean:

The Earl of Erroll (CB):

Column: 49

Lord Higgins:

Lord Blackwell:

Column: 50

Lord Eatwell:

Column: 51

Lord Deighton:

Column: 52

6 pm

Lord Eatwell:

Lord Deighton:

Column: 53

Lord Turnbull:

Press Regulation - Statement

6.07 pm

Lord Gardiner of Kimble (Con):


Column: 54


Column: 55

6.12 pm

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara (Lab):


Column: 56

6.17 pm

Lord Gardiner of Kimble:


Column: 57

6.21 pm

Lord Fowler (Con):

Lord Gardiner of Kimble:

Column: 58

Baroness Hollins (CB):

Lord Gardiner of Kimble:

Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury (LD):

Lord Gardiner of Kimble:

Column: 59

Lord Prescott (Lab):

Lord Gardiner of Kimble:

Lord Inglewood (Con):

Lord Gardiner of Kimble:

Lord Sugar (Lab):

Column: 60

Lord Sugar:

Lord Gardiner of Kimble:

Baroness Deech (CB):


Column: 61

Lord Gardiner of Kimble:

Lord Grade of Yarmouth (Con):

Lord Gardiner of Kimble:

Lord Stoneham of Droxford (LD):

Lord Gardiner of Kimble:

Column: 62

Lord Forsyth of Drumlean (Con):

Lord Gardiner of Kimble:

Lord Empey (UUP):

Lord Gardiner of Kimble:

Lord Kilclooney (CB):

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con):

Lord Kilclooney:

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon:

6.42 pm

Column: 63

Financial Services (Banking Reform) Bill - Committee (1st Day) (Continued)

7.07 pm

Amendment 24

The Commercial Secretary to the Treasury (Lord Deighton) (Con):

Column: 64


Column: 65

Lord Eatwell (Lab):

Lord Higgins (Con):

7.15 pm

Lord Deighton:

Column: 66

Lord Higgins:

Lord Deighton:

Amendments 25 to 38

Column: 67

Clause 5: Directors of ring-fenced bodies to be approved persons

Amendment 39

Lord Deighton:

Column: 68

Amendments 40 and 41

Clause 6: PRA annual report

Amendment 42

Column: WS1

Written Statements [8 Oct 2013]

Railways: High Speed 2 - Statement


Column: WS2

Roads: Infrastructure - Statement

Children and Families Bill - Statement

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

Column: WS3


Column: WS4

Coal Authority: Triennial Review - Statement

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

Correction to Commons Written Answer - Statement

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

Column: WS5

Defence: Scotland Analysis Programme - Statement

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

Column: WS6

Department for Communities and Local Government - Statement

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

Column: WS7


Column: WS8

Column: WS9


Column: WS10

Column: WS11

Director of Service Prosecutions - Statement

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

Column: WS12

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency - Statement

The Minister of State, Department for Transport (Baroness Kramer) (LD):

Energy: Smart Meters - Statement

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

Column: WS13

Column: WS14

Health: Personal Health Budgets - Statement

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

Column: WS15

Health: Regenerative Medicine - Statement

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

Housing: Help to Buy - Statement

The Commercial Secretary to the Treasury (Lord Deighton) (Con):

Column: WS16


Column: WS17

Immigration: Registered Travellers - Statement

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

Column: WS18

Kenya - Statement

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


Column: WS19

Pensions - Statement

The Commercial Secretary to the Treasury (Lord Deighton) (Con):


Column: WS20

Republic of Ireland: Financial Support - Statement

The Commercial Secretary to the Treasury (Lord Deighton) (Con):

Column: WS21

Serious and Organised Crime Strategy - Statement

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


Column: WS22

Thurrock Thames Gateway Development Corporation - Statement

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

Column: WS23


Column: WS24

Trusts (Capital and Income) Act 2013 - Statement

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

Column: WA1

Written Answers [8 Oct 2013]

Caste Discrimination - Question

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon:

Energy: Fuel Poverty - Question

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

Column: WA2

Energy: Prices - Questions

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

Baroness Verma:


Column: WA3

Baroness Verma:

Government Departments: Staff - Question

Baroness Stowell of Beeston:

Immigration - Question

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

Column: WA4

Agriculture: Hill Farm Allowance - Question

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

Animals in Scientific Procedures - Questions

Column: WA5

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

Lord Taylor of Holbeach:

Banking: Quantitative Easing - Question

The Commercial Secretary to the Treasury (Lord Deighton) (Con):

Column: WA6

Central African Republic - Questions

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

Baroness Warsi:

Column: WA7

Baroness Warsi:

Baroness Warsi:

Climate Change - Questions

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

Column: WA8

Baroness Verma:

Employment: Pay - Question

Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LD):

Column: WA9

Employment: Private Sector - Questions

Column: WA10

Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LD):

Column: WA11

Lord Wallace of Saltaire:


Column: WA12

Energy: Carbon Dioxide Emissions - Question

Column: WA13

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

Energy: Carbon Emissions - Question

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

Energy: Electricity - Question

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

Column: WA14

Energy: Renewable Energy - Question

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

Energy: Wind Turbines - Question

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

Column: WA15

EU: Balance of Competences Review - Question

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

Column: WA16

Fishing: Sea Bass - Questions

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

Lord De Mauley:

Lord De Mauley:

Column: WA17

Georgia - Question

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

Government Departments: Procurement - Questions

Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LD):

Lord Wallace of Saltaire:

Column: WA18

Government: Government Certificates - Question

Lord Popat (Con):

House of Lords: Members - Question

Column: WA19

The Chairman of Committees (Lord Sewel):

Immigration - Questions

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

Lord Taylor of Holbeach:

Lord Taylor of Holbeach:

Column: WA20

Lord Taylor of Holbeach:

Lord Taylor of Holbeach:

Lord Taylor of Holbeach:

Column: WA21

Lord Taylor of Holbeach:

Lord Taylor of Holbeach:

Lord Taylor of Holbeach:

Lord Taylor of Holbeach:

Lord Taylor of Holbeach:

Lord Taylor of Holbeach:

Insurance - Question

The Commercial Secretary to the Treasury (Lord Deighton) (Con):

Internet: Broadband - Question

Column: WA23

Lord Popat (Con):

Kosovo - Question

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

Column: WA24

Legislation - Question

Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LD):

Nuclear Waste - Questions

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

Baroness Verma:

Column: WA27

Pensions - Questions

Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LD):

Lord Wallace of Saltaire:

Public Bodies - Questions

Column: WA28

Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LD):

Lord Wallace of Saltaire:

Roma - Question

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

Column: WA29

United Nations - Question

Column: WA30

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