Table of Contents for
Thursday 28 Nov 2013

Volume No. 749Part No. 78

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House of Lords

Syria - Question

Female Genital Mutilation - Question

Energy: Gas Storage - Question

Scotland: Independence - Question

Business of the House - Timing of Debates

Tobacco: Packaging - Statement

Economy: Broadcast Media - Motion to Take Note

Young People: Apprenticeships - Question for Short Debate

Police: Public Trust - Motion to Take Note

Armed Force: Constitution Committee Report - Motion to Take Note

Written Statements

Bovine Tuberculosis - Statement

Climate Change: UN Framework Convention - Statement

Correction to Lords Oral Answer - Statement

EU: Defence Foreign Affairs Council - Statement

EU: Trade Foreign Affairs Council - Statement

Higher Education: Funding - Statement

Taxation: Information Exchange Agreements - Statement

Tobacco: Packaging - Statement

Transport: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) - Statement

Written Answers

Animals in Scientific Procedures - Question

Animals: Pet Custody - Question

Asil Nadir - Question

Asylum Seekers - Question

Charity Commissioners - Question

EU: Food - Question

Health: Crohn’s Disease - Question

Health: Red Tape Challenge - Question

Immigration - Questions

Immigration: Registered Travellers - Question

Legislation - Question

Mohammed Ahmed Mohamed - Question

National Offender Management Service: Volunteers - Question

NHS: Accident and Emergency Services - Questions

NHS: Culture Change - Question

NHS: General Practitioners - Questions

NHS: Nurses - Question

Special Educational Needs and Disabilities - Question

Syria - Question

Television Licence Fee: Court Proceedings - Questions

Terrorism - Question

Unemployment - Question

Young Offenders - Question





This Table of Contents lists subject headings, timelines and
names of speakers in the Lords Hansard text for
Thursday 28 Nov 2013

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House of Lords [28 Nov 2013]

11 am

Syria - Question

11.07 am

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con):

Lord Dykes (LD):

Lord Bach (Lab):

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Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon:

Baroness Williams of Crosby (LD):

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon:

Lord Anderson of Swansea (Lab):

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon:

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The Lord Bishop of Wakefield:

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon:

Lord Dobbs (Con):

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon:

Female Genital Mutilation - Question

11.15 am

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Baroness Rendell of Babergh (Lab):

Lord Taylor of Holbeach:

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Lord McColl of Dulwich (Con):

Lord Taylor of Holbeach:

Baroness Hussein-Ece (LD):

Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale (Lab):

Baroness Cox (CB):

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

Baroness Cox:

Lord Taylor of Holbeach:

Baroness Hussein-Ece:

Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale:

Lord Wallace of Tankerness:

Baroness Hussein-Ece:

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Lord Taylor of Holbeach:

Energy: Gas Storage - Question

11.24 am

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

Baroness Worthington (Lab):

Baroness Verma:

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Lord Jenkin of Roding (Con):

Baroness Verma:

Lord Reid of Cardowan (Lab):

Baroness Verma:

Lord Skelmersdale (Con):

Baroness Verma:

Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe (Lab):

Baroness Verma:

Lord Roper (LD):

Baroness Verma:

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Lord Hylton (CB):

Baroness Verma:

Lord Lawson of Blaby (Con):

Baroness Verma:

Scotland: Independence - Question

11.30 am

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

Baroness Seccombe (Con):

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Lord Wallace of Tankerness:

Baroness Liddell of Coatdyke (Lab):

Lord Wallace of Tankerness:

Lord Stephen (LD):

Lord Wallace of Tankerness:

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Lord Wigley (PC):

Lord Wallace of Tankerness:

Lord Forsyth of Drumlean (Con):

Lord Wallace of Tankerness:

Business of the House - Timing of Debates

11.37 am

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Tobacco: Packaging - Statement

11.37 am

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

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11.40 am

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Lab):

11.41 am

Earl Howe:


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11.43 am

Lord Patel (CB):

Earl Howe:

Baroness Gardner of Parkes (Con):

Earl Howe:

Baroness Walmsley (LD):

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Earl Howe:

Lord Ribeiro (Con):

Earl Howe:

Lord Turnberg (Lab):

Earl Howe:

Lord Kakkar (CB):

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Earl Howe:

Economy: Broadcast Media - Motion to Take Note

11.51 am

Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury (LD):


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12.05 pm

Lord Bragg (Lab):


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12.14 pm

Lord Holmes of Richmond (Con):

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12.22 pm

Lord Addington (LD):


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12.32 pm

Lord Sugar (Lab):

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12.42 pm

Viscount Colville of Culross (CB):

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12.49 pm

Baroness Grender (LD):


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12.57 pm

Lord Birt (CB):


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1.04 pm

Lord Purvis of Tweed (LD):


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1.12 pm

Baroness Wheatcroft (Con):

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1.21 pm

Baroness Bakewell (Lab):


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1.32 pm

Baroness Humphreys (LD):

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1.41 pm

Lord Watson of Richmond (LD):


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1.49 pm

Lord Shipley (LD):


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1.58 pm

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara (Lab):

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2.10 pm

Lord Gardiner of Kimble (Con):


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2.30 pm

Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury:

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Young People: Apprenticeships - Question for Short Debate

2.31 pm

(Con):


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2.40 pm

Lord Haskel (Lab):


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2.44 pm

Lord Stoneham of Droxford (LD):


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2.50 pm

Lord Aberdare (CB):

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2.55 pm

Lord Addington (LD):


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3 pm

The Lord Bishop of Derby:

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3.06 pm

Lord Shipley (LD):


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3.11 pm

Lord Cormack (Con):

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3.13 pm

Lord Young of Norwood Green (Lab):

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3.20 pm

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

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Lord Young of Norwood Green:

Viscount Younger of Leckie:

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Lord Young of Norwood Green:

Lord Haskel:

Viscount Younger of Leckie:

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Police: Public Trust - Motion to Take Note

3.34 pm

Lord Paddick (LD):


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3.48 pm

Lord Wasserman (Con):

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3.58 pm

Lord Young of Norwood Green (Lab):


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4.02 pm

Baroness Doocey (LD):


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4.09 pm

Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve (CB):

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4.18 pm

The Lord Bishop of Ripon and Leeds:

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4.26 pm

Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb (GP):

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4.32 pm

Baroness Hamwee (LD):


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4.42 pm

Lord Bew (CB):


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4.50 pm

Lord Rosser (Lab):

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5 pm

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

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Lord Young of Norwood Green:

Lord Taylor of Holbeach:

5.18 pm

Lord Paddick:

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Armed Force: Constitution Committee Report - Motion to Take Note

5.20 pm

Baroness Jay of Paddington (Lab):


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5.39 pm

Baroness Falkner of Margravine (LD):


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5.50 pm

Lord Guthrie of Craigiebank (CB):


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5.59 pm

Lord Maclennan of Rogart (LD):

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6.02 pm

Lord Hennessy of Nympsfield (CB):


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6.15 pm

Lord King of Bridgwater (Con):


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6.21 pm

Lord Kennedy of Southwark (Lab):


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6.27 pm

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Baroness Falkner of Margravine:

Lord Wallace of Saltaire:


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Lord Kennedy of Southwark:

Lord Wallace of Saltaire:

6.43 pm

Baroness Jay of Paddington:


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Written Statements [28 Nov 2013]

Bovine Tuberculosis - Statement

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


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Climate Change: UN Framework Convention - Statement

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

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Correction to Lords Oral Answer - Statement

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

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EU: Defence Foreign Affairs Council - Statement

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

EU: Trade Foreign Affairs Council - Statement

The Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills & Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Lord Green of Hurstpierpoint) (Con):

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Higher Education: Funding - Statement

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


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Taxation: Information Exchange Agreements - Statement

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

Tobacco: Packaging - Statement

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

Transport: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) - Statement

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

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Written Answers [28 Nov 2013]

Animals in Scientific Procedures - Question

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

Animals: Pet Custody - Question

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

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Asil Nadir - Question

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

Asylum Seekers - Question

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

Charity Commissioners - Question

Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LD):

EU: Food - Question

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

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Health: Crohn’s Disease - Question

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


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Health: Red Tape Challenge - Question

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

Immigration - Questions

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

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Lord Taylor of Holbeach:


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Immigration: Registered Travellers - Question

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

Legislation - Question

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

Mohammed Ahmed Mohamed - Question

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

National Offender Management Service: Volunteers - Question

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

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NHS: Accident and Emergency Services - Questions

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

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Earl Howe:

NHS: Culture Change - Question

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

NHS: General Practitioners - Questions

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

NHS: Nurses - Question

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

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Special Educational Needs and Disabilities - Question

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

Syria - Question

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

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Television Licence Fee: Court Proceedings - Questions

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

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Terrorism - Question

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

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Unemployment - Question

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

Young Offenders - Question

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con):