Table of Contents for
Tuesday 29 Oct 2013

Volume No. 748Part No. 61

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House of Lords

Introduction: Baroness Neville-Rolfe

Introduction: Lord Haughey

Consumers: Vulnerable Consumers - Question

Human Rights: Vinter and Others v United Kingdom - Question

Internet: Regulation - Question

Food: Waste - Question

Care Bill [HL] - Third Reading

Clause 1: Promoting individual well-being

Amendment 1

Amendment 2

Clause 4: Providing information and advice

Amendment 3

Clause 17: Assessment of Financial Resources

Amendment 4

Clause 35: Deferred payment agreements and loans: further provision

Amendment 5

Clause 64: Assessment of a young carer’s needs for support

Amendment 6

Clause 75: Prisoners and persons in approved premises etc.

Amendment 7

Arrangement of Business - Announcement

Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill - Second Reading

Grand Committee

Political Parties, Elections and Referendums (Civil Sanctions) (Amendment) Order 2013 - Considered in Grand Committee

Representation of the People (Ballot Paper) Regulations 2013 - Considered in Grand Committee

European Parliamentary Elections (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 - Considered in Grand Committee

Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (Designation of the UK Green Investment Bank) Order 2013 - Considered in Grand Committee

Public Library System - Question

Arab Spring - Question

Written Statements

Crime: Victims of Crime - Statement

Dangerous Dogs - Statement

EU: Foreign Affairs and General Affairs Councils - Statement

Highways Agency - Statement

Planning - Statement

Railways: High Speed 2 - Statement

Scotland Analysis: Security - Statement

Written Answers

Alcohol - Questions

Arms Export - Questions

Banking - Question

Banks: Foreign Banks - Questions

Barnett Formula - Question

Benefits - Questions

Burma - Questions

Care Bill - Question

Climate Change - Question

Commonwealth Games 2014 - Question

Debt - Question

Employment: Pay - Question

Employment: Websites - Question

Energy: Nuclear Power Stations - Questions

Energy: Pre-paid Meters - Question

Homosexuality - Question

House of Lords: Publications and Print Costs - Question

House of Lords: Staff - Question

House of Lords: Toilets - Question

Housing: Prices - Questions

Human Trafficking - Question

Internet: Cyber-bullying - Question

Iraq - Question

Israel and Palestine - Question

Israel and Palestine: West Bank - Questions

Justice: Community Justice Centres - Question

Marine Conservation Areas - Question

National Insurance - Question

Olympic and Paralympic Games 2012 - Question

Palestine - Question

Palestine and Gaza - Question

Public Bodies - Questions

Questions for Written Answer - Question

Rape - Question

Republic of Ireland: Financial Assistance - Question

Russia - Question

Saudi Arabia - Question

Schools: Free Schools - Question

Schools: Sex and Relationship Education - Question

Scotland: Block Grants - Question

Television Licence Fee: Court Proceedings - Question

Young People: Self-harm and Suicide - Question





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Tuesday 29 Oct 2013

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House of Lords [29 Oct 2013]

2.30 pm

Introduction: Baroness Neville-Rolfe


Introduction: Lord Haughey


Consumers: Vulnerable Consumers - Question

2.49 pm

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

Baroness Deech (CB):

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Viscount Younger of Leckie:

Baroness Oppenheim-Barnes (Con):

Viscount Younger of Leckie:

Lord Brookman (Lab):

Viscount Younger of Leckie:

Baroness Butler-Sloss (CB):

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Viscount Younger of Leckie:

Lord Cotter (LD):

Viscount Younger of Leckie:

Baroness Bakewell (Lab):

Viscount Younger of Leckie:

Lord Elton (Con):

Viscount Younger of Leckie:

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Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town (Lab):

Viscount Younger of Leckie:

Human Rights: Vinter and Others v United Kingdom - Question

2.58 pm

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

Lord Lloyd of Berwick (CB):

Lord McNally:

Lord Morgan (Lab):

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Lord McNally:

Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames (LD):

Lord McNally:

Lord Elystan-Morgan (CB):

Lord McNally:

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Lord Tomlinson (Lab):

Lord McNally:

Internet: Regulation - Question

3.04 pm

Lord Gardiner of Kimble (Con):

Lord Giddens (Lab):

Lord Gardiner of Kimble:

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Baroness Howe of Idlicote (CB):

Lord Gardiner of Kimble:

Lord Harris of Haringey (Lab):

Lord Gardiner of Kimble:

Viscount Ridley (Con):

Lord Gardiner of Kimble:

Baroness Lane-Fox of Soho (CB):

Lord Gardiner of Kimble:

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Lord Stevenson of Balmacara (Lab):

Lord Gardiner of Kimble:

The Earl of Listowel (CB):

Lord Gardiner of Kimble:

Lord Sugar (Lab):

Lord Gardiner of Kimble:

Food: Waste - Question

3.12 pm

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

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Baroness Parminter (LD):

Lord De Mauley:

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Lord De Mauley:

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Care Bill [HL] - Third Reading

3.19 pm

Clause 1: Promoting individual well-being

Amendment 1

Lord Hamilton of Epsom (Con):

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Lord Cormack (Con):


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3.30 pm

Baroness Warnock (CB):

Baroness Emerton (CB):

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Baroness Barker (LD):

Lord Elton (Con):

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Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Lab):

3.45 pm

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Lord Elton:

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath:

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


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Lord Cormack (Con):

Earl Howe:

Lord Framlingham (Con):

Earl Howe:


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Baroness Knight of Collingtree (Con):

Earl Howe:

Lord Hamilton of Epsom:

3.56 pm

Division on Amendment 1Contents 96; Not-Contents 271.Amendment 1 disagreed.

Division No. 1 [] [29 Oct 2013]

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4.11 pm

Amendment 2

Clause 4: Providing information and advice

Amendment 3

Lord Lipsey (Lab):


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Lord Sharkey (LD):

4.15 pm

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Baroness Greengross (CB):

Lord Best (CB):

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath:


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Earl Howe:


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Lord Lipsey:

4.30 pm

Clause 17: Assessment of Financial Resources

Amendment 4

Earl Howe:

Baroness Tyler of Enfield (LD):

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Clause 35: Deferred payment agreements and loans: further provision

Amendment 5

Lord Lipsey:


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4.45 pm

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath:


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Earl Howe:


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Lord Lipsey:

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Clause 64: Assessment of a young carer’s needs for support

Amendment 6

Clause 75: Prisoners and persons in approved premises etc.

Amendment 7

Lord Patel of Bradford (Lab):


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5 pm

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Lord Ramsbotham (CB):

Baroness Wheeler (Lab):


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Earl Howe:

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Baroness Masham of Ilton (CB):

Earl Howe:

Lord Patel of Bradford:


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Earl Howe:

Lord Patel of Bradford:

Arrangement of Business - Announcement

5.17 pm

Lord Popat (Con):

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Baroness Smith of Basildon (Lab):

Lord Popat:

Baroness Smith of Basildon:

Lord Dholakia (LD):

Lord Popat:

Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill - Second Reading

5.19 pm

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


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5.40 pm

Baroness Smith of Basildon (Lab):


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5.55 pm

Baroness Hamwee (LD):


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6.04 pm

Lord Ramsbotham (CB):

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6.13 pm

The Lord Bishop of Lichfield:

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6.18 pm

Lord Faulks (Con):


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6.25 pm

Lord Beecham (Lab):

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6.32 pm

Baroness Doocey (LD):

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6.37 pm

Lord Condon (CB):

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6.43 pm

Baroness Newlove (Con):


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6.54 pm

Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede (Lab):

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7.04 pm

Lord Paddick (LD):


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7.11 pm

Lord Dholakia:


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7.22 pm

Baroness O'Loan (CB):

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7.30 pm

Baroness Gale (Lab):


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7.37 pm

Lord Hope of Craighead (CB):

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7.46 pm

Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts (Con):

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7.53 pm

Lord Harris of Haringey (Lab):

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8.03 pm

Lord Avebury (LD):


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8.10 pm

Lord Hylton (CB):


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8.14 pm

Lord Borrie (Lab):

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8.22 pm

Lord Redesdale (LD):


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8.30 pm

Baroness Stern (CB):

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8.37 pm

Lord Marlesford (Con):

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8.45 pm

Lord Judd (Lab):

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8.55 pm

Baroness Harris of Richmond (LD):


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9.01 pm

Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood (Non-Afl):

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9.12 pm

Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws (Lab):


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9.21 pm

Baroness Linklater of Butterstone (LD):


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9.30 pm

The Earl of Lytton (CB):


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9.40 pm

Baroness Berridge (Con):


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9.49 pm

Lord Touhig (Lab):


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9.57 pm

Lord Hussain (LD):

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10.02 pm

Lord Dear (CB):


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10.10 pm

Lord Wasserman (Con):


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10.20 pm

Baroness Thornton (Lab):


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10.29 pm

Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames (LD):


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10.37 pm

Lord Trees (CB):


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10.44 pm

Baroness Oppenheim-Barnes (Con):

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10.46 pm

Lord Rosser (Lab):

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11 pm

Lord Taylor of Holbeach:


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Lord Harris of Haringey:

Lord Taylor of Holbeach:


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Lord Avebury:

Lord Taylor of Holbeach:


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Grand Committee [29 Oct 2013]

3.30 pm

Political Parties, Elections and Referendums (Civil Sanctions) (Amendment) Order 2013 - Considered in Grand Committee

Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LD):


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Lord Maxton (Lab):

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Lord McAvoy (Lab):

Lord Maxton:

Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town (Lab):


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3.45 pm

Lord Wallace of Saltaire:

Lord Maxton:

Lord Wallace of Saltaire:

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Representation of the People (Ballot Paper) Regulations 2013 - Considered in Grand Committee

3.49 pm

European Parliamentary Elections (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 - Considered in Grand Committee

3.50 pm

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


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Column: GC556

3.56 pm
4.05 pm

Baroness Randerson:

Lord McAvoy (Lab):


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Baroness Randerson:


Column: GC558

4.15 pm

Lord McAvoy:

Baroness Randerson:

Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (Designation of the UK Green Investment Bank) Order 2013 - Considered in Grand Committee

4.17 pm

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

Column: GC559


Column: GC560

Baroness Worthington (Lab):


Column: GC561

Viscount Younger of Leckie:


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4.30 pm

Column: GC563

Baroness Worthington:

Viscount Younger of Leckie:

The Deputy Chairman of Committees (Baroness Andrews) (Lab):

Earl Attlee (Con):

4.38 pm

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Public Library System - Question

4.44 pm

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara (Lab):

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Column: GC567

4.55 pm

Baroness Hollins (CB):

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5.05 pm

Baroness Warwick of Undercliffe (Lab):

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5.15 pm

Lord Gardiner of Kimble (Con):


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Arab Spring - Question

5.28 pm

The Lord Bishop of Wakefield:


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5.38 pm

Lord Selkirk of Douglas (Con):


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Column: GC580

5.44 pm

Lord Anderson of Swansea (Lab):

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Lord Bates (Con):

Lord Anderson of Swansea:

Column: GC582


5.52 pm

Baroness Falkner of Margravine (LD):


Column: GC583

5.57 pm

Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB):


Column: GC584

6.03 pm

Lord Parekh (Lab):


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6.10 pm

Baroness Morgan of Ely (Lab):


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6.18 pm

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con):


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Written Statements [29 Oct 2013]

Crime: Victims of Crime - Statement

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

Column: WS122

Dangerous Dogs - Statement

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


Column: WS123

Column: WS124

EU: Foreign Affairs and General Affairs Councils - Statement

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


Column: WS125


Column: WS126


Column: WS127

Highways Agency - Statement

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


Column: WS128


Column: WS129

Planning - Statement

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

Column: WS130

Railways: High Speed 2 - Statement

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


Column: WS131

Column: WS132

Scotland Analysis: Security - Statement

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

Column: WS133


Column: WS134

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Column: WA223

Written Answers [29 Oct 2013]

Alcohol - Questions

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

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

Arms Export - Questions

Column: WA224

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

Banking - Question

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

Banks: Foreign Banks - Questions

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

Barnett Formula - Question

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

Benefits - Questions

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

Column: WA226

Lord Freud:

Burma - Questions

Column: WA227

Baroness Northover (LD):

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

Care Bill - Question

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

Column: WA228

Climate Change - Question

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


Column: WA229

Commonwealth Games 2014 - Question

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

Debt - Question

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

Column: WA230

Employment: Pay - Question

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

Employment: Websites - Question

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

Energy: Nuclear Power Stations - Questions

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

Column: WA231

Baroness Verma:

Baroness Verma:

Energy: Pre-paid Meters - Question

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

Column: WA232

Homosexuality - Question

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

House of Lords: Publications and Print Costs - Question

The Chairman of Committees (Lord Sewel):

Column: WA233

House of Lords: Staff - Question

The Chairman of Committees (Lord Sewel):

House of Lords: Toilets - Question

The Chairman of Committees (Lord Sewel):

Column: WA234

Housing: Prices - Questions

Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LD):

Column: WA235

Column: WA236

Human Trafficking - Question

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

Internet: Cyber-bullying - Question

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


Column: WA237

Iraq - Question

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

Israel and Palestine - Question

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

Column: WA238

Israel and Palestine: West Bank - Questions

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

Baroness Warsi:

Baroness Warsi:

Column: WA239

Justice: Community Justice Centres - Question

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

Marine Conservation Areas - Question

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

National Insurance - Question

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

Olympic and Paralympic Games 2012 - Question

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

Palestine - Question

Baroness Northover (LD):

Column: WA241

Palestine and Gaza - Question

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

Public Bodies - Questions

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

Column: WA242

Column: WA243

Questions for Written Answer - Question

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

Column: WA244

Rape - Question

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

Republic of Ireland: Financial Assistance - Question

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


Column: WA245

Russia - Question

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

Saudi Arabia - Question

Column: WA246

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

Schools: Free Schools - Question

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

Schools: Sex and Relationship Education - Question

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

Column: WA247

Scotland: Block Grants - Question

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

Television Licence Fee: Court Proceedings - Question

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

Column: WA248

Young People: Self-harm and Suicide - Question

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