Table of Contents for
Wednesday 11 Dec 2013

Volume No. 750Part No. 86

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House of Lords

Northern Ireland: Royal Residence - Question

Schools Careers Service: Apprenticeships - Question

Payday Loans - Question

China: Exports - Question

National Insurance Contributions Bill - First Reading

Energy Bill - Commons Reason

Motion A

Motion A1

Motion A2

Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill - Committee (7th Day)

Schedule 7: Powers to seize invalid passports etc

Amendment 56YG

Amendment 56YJ

Schedule 8: Port and border controls

Amendment 64A

Clause 135: Power of community support officer to issue fixed penalty notice for cycle light offence

Amendment 64B

Amendment 64C

Clause 137: Extradition barred if no prosecution decision in requesting territory

Amendment 65

Clause 138: Proportionality

Amendment 76

Amendment 77

Amendment 81A

Amendment 82

Clause 140: Request for temporary transfer etc

Amendment 83

Clause 141: Appeals

Amendment 88

Amendment 94

Clause 147: Non-UK extradition: transit through the United Kingdom

Amendment 95ZB

Amendments 95ZC and 95ZD

Amendment 95A

Clause 155: Court and tribunal fees

Amendment 95AA

Amendment 95B

Amendment 95C

Schedule 9: Minor and consequential amendments

Amendments 97 to 99

Clause 157: Orders and regulations

Amendment 100

Clause 159: Extent

Amendments 101 to 104C

Clause 160: Commencement

Criminal Defence Service (Very High Cost Cases) (Funding) Order 2013 - Motion to Annul

Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 - Motion to Annul

Humber Bridge Bill - Returned from the Commons

City of London (Various Powers) Bill [HL] - Returned from the Commons

Grand Committee

Arrangement of Business - Announcement

Olympic Legacy (S&T Report) - Motion to Take Note

EU: Fraud (EUC Report) - Motion to Take Note

Written Statements

EU: Development Foreign Affairs Council, Foreign Affairs Council and General Affairs Council - Statement

EU: Energy Council - Statement

Government: Ministerial Responsibilities - Statement

Health: Dementia - Statement

Insolvency Service - Statement

Overseas Aid - Statement

Water Management: Waste Water - Statement

Written Answers

Apprenticeships - Question

Asil Nadir - Question

Asylum Seekers - Question

Aviation: Air Quality - Questions

BAE Systems - Question

British Embassies: Military Attachés - Question

Competition Commission - Question

Courts: District Judges - Questions

Data Protection - Questions

Driving: Over 70s - Question

Drones - Question

Energy: Coal Fired Power Stations - Question

Energy: Plutonium - Question

EU: Trade Agreements - Question

Gaza - Questions

Government: Ministerial Visits - Question

Graphene - Question

Gypsies and Travellers - Question

Health: Autism - Question

Health: International Healthcare Workers - Question

Health: Ophthalmology - Question

Homeless Families - Question

Immigration - Question

Immigration Removal Centres: Fire Safety - Question

Immigration: Deportation - Question

Istanbul Convention - Question

Justice: Lay Magistrates - Questions

Local Authorities: Finance - Question

Migration Impact Fund - Question

National Institute of Health and Care Excellence - Questions

NHS: Mid-Staffordshire NHS Trust - Question

Passports - Questions

RAF Menwith Hill - Question

Religious Tolerance - Question

Sudan - Question

Syria - Questions

Tanzania - Question

Teachers: Misconduct - Question

Thames Tideway Tunnel - Question

Third Parties (Rights Against Insurers) Act 2010 - Question

Treatment of Detainees - Question

Visas - Question

Waste Management - Questions





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Wednesday 11 Dec 2013

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House of Lords [11 Dec 2013]

3 pm

Northern Ireland: Royal Residence - Question

3.07 pm

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

Lord Lexden (Con):

Baroness Randerson:

Lord Alderdice (LD):

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Baroness Randerson:

Lord Empey (UUP):

Baroness Randerson:

Lord Hamilton of Epsom (Con):

Baroness Randerson:

Lord Bew (CB):

Baroness Randerson:

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Lord Dannatt (CB):

Baroness Randerson:

Schools Careers Service: Apprenticeships - Question

3.15 pm

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

Baroness Bakewell (Lab):

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Lord Nash:

Baroness O'Cathain (Con):

Lord Nash:

Lord Young of Norwood Green (Lab):

Lord Nash:

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Baroness Howe of Idlicote (CB):

Lord Nash:

Lord Addington (LD):

Lord Nash:

Baroness Wall of New Barnet (Lab):

Lord Nash:

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Payday Loans - Question

3.23 pm

Lord Newby (LD):

Lord Selsdon (Con):

Lord Newby:

Lord Mitchell (Lab):

Lord Newby:

Lord Martin of Springburn (CB):

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Lord Newby:

Lord Razzall (LD):

Lord Newby:

Lord Kinnock (Lab):

Lord Newby:

The Lord Bishop of Truro:

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Lord Newby:

Lord Davies of Stamford (Lab):

Lord Newby:

China: Exports - Question

3.30 pm

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

Lord Wei (Con):

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Lord Livingston of Parkhead:

Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall (Lab):

Lord Livingston of Parkhead:

Lord Clement-Jones (LD):

Noble Lords:

Lord Clement-Jones:

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Lord Livingston of Parkhead:

Lord Davies of Coity (Lab):

Lord Livingston of Parkhead:

Lord Howe of Aberavon (Con):

Lord Livingston of Parkhead:

National Insurance Contributions Bill - First Reading

3.38 pm

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Energy Bill - Commons Reason

3.39 pm

Motion A

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

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3.45 pm

Motion A1

Lord Teverson (LD):

Motion A2

Lord Oxburgh (CB):

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Baroness Worthington (Lab):

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Lord Forsyth of Drumlean (Con):

Baroness Worthington:

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Viscount Hanworth (Lab):


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4 pm

Lord Jenkin of Roding (Con):

Lord Turner of Ecchinswell (CB):

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Lord Forsyth of Drumlean:

Baroness Worthington:

Lord Forsyth of Drumlean:

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Baroness Worthington:

Lord Forsyth of Drumlean:

Baroness Worthington:

Lord Forsyth of Drumlean:

Baroness Worthington:

Lord Forsyth of Drumlean:

Lord Teverson:

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Lord Dixon-Smith (Con):

4.15 pm

Lord Turner of Ecchinswell (CB):

Lord Dixon-Smith:

Baroness Verma:

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Baroness Worthington:

Baroness Verma:

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Baroness Worthington:

Baroness Verma:

Lord Oxburgh:


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4.24 pm

Division on Motion A2Contents 215; Not-Contents 262.Motion A2 (as an amendment to Motion A) disagreed.

Division No. 1 [] [11 Dec 2013]

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Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill - Committee (7th Day)

4.40 pm

Schedule 7: Powers to seize invalid passports etc

Amendment 56YG

Baroness Hamwee (LD):

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Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con):


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Baroness Hamwee:

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon:

Baroness Hamwee:

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Amendment 56YJ

Baroness Hamwee:

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Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws (Lab):


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5 pm

Lord Avebury (LD):

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5.15 pm

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Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws:

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Lord Faulks (Con):

Baroness Smith of Basildon (Lab):


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5.30 pm

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

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5.45 pm

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Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws:

Baroness Hamwee:

Schedule 8: Port and border controls

The Deputy Chairman of Committees (Baroness Gibson of Market Rasen) (Lab):

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Amendment 64A

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Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon:

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6 pm

Lord Rosser (Lab):

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Lord Paddick (LD):

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Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon:

Lord Rosser:

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon:

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Clause 135: Power of community support officer to issue fixed penalty notice for cycle light offence

Amendment 64B

6.15 pm

Amendment 64C

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Lord Rosser:


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Lord Taylor of Holbeach:


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Lord Rosser:

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Lord Taylor of Holbeach:

Lord Rosser:

Clause 137: Extradition barred if no prosecution decision in requesting territory

Amendment 65

Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts (Con):

6.30 pm

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Lord Faulks:

6.45 pm

Lord Taylor of Holbeach:

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Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts:

Clause 138: Proportionality

Amendment 76

Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts:


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Lord Faulks:

7 pm

Lord Taylor of Holbeach:

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Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts:

Lord Taylor of Holbeach:

Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts:

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Amendment 77

Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts:


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Lord Taylor of Holbeach:


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7.15 pm

Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts:

Amendment 81A

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Amendment 82

Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts:

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Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon:


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7.30 pm

Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts:

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon:

Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts:

Clause 140: Request for temporary transfer etc

Amendment 83

Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts:

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Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon:


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Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts:

Clause 141: Appeals

Amendment 88

Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts:

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7.45 pm

Lord Rosser:

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Lord Taylor of Holbeach:


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Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts:

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8 pm

Amendment 94

Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts:


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Lord Taylor of Holbeach:


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Lord Lamont of Lerwick (Con):

Lord Taylor of Holbeach:

Lord Hope of Craighead (CB):

Lord Taylor of Holbeach:

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8.15 pm

Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts:

Clause 147: Non-UK extradition: transit through the United Kingdom

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Amendment 95ZB

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon:

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Amendments 95ZC and 95ZD

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Amendment 95A

Lord Beecham (Lab):

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


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Lord Beecham:

8.30 pm

Clause 155: Court and tribunal fees

Amendment 95AA

Lord Beecham:


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Lord McNally:


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8.45 pm

Lord Beecham:


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Amendment 95B

Amendment 95C

Schedule 9: Minor and consequential amendments

Amendments 97 to 99

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Clause 157: Orders and regulations

Amendment 100

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Clause 159: Extent

Amendments 101 to 104C

Clause 160: Commencement

Criminal Defence Service (Very High Cost Cases) (Funding) Order 2013 - Motion to Annul

8.52 pm

Lord Carlile of Berriew (LD):

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9 pm

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Baroness Deech (CB):

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9.15 pm

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Lord Woolf (CB):


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9.30 pm

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


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Lord Hope of Craighead (CB):

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Lord Faulks (Con):

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9.45 pm

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Lord Mayhew of Twysden (Con):


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Baroness Scotland of Asthal (Lab):

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10 pm

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Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB):


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Lord Thomas of Gresford (LD):

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10.15 pm

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Lord Bach (Lab):


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Lord Beecham (Lab):

10.30 pm

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

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10.45 pm

Lord Carlile of Berriew:

Lord McNally:

Lord Carlile of Berriew:

Lord McNally:

Lord Phillips of Sudbury (LD):

Lord McNally:

Lord Phillips of Sudbury:

Lord McNally:

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11 pm

Lord Carlile of Berriew:

Lord McNally:

Lord Carlile of Berriew:

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Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 - Motion to Annul

11.06 pm

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Humber Bridge Bill - Returned from the Commons

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City of London (Various Powers) Bill [HL] - Returned from the Commons

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Grand Committee [11 Dec 2013]

Arrangement of Business - Announcement

3.45 pm

The Deputy Chairman of Committees (Lord Brougham and Vaux) (Con):

Olympic Legacy (S&T Report) - Motion to Take Note

3.45 pm

Lord Krebs (CB):


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3.58 pm

The Earl of Selborne (Con):


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4.07 pm

Lord Addington (LD):

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4.15 pm

Lord Moynihan (Con):


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4.24 pm
4.33 pm

Lord Moynihan:

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4.38 pm

Baroness Grey-Thompson (CB):

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4.40 pm

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Lab):


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4.53 pm

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


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5.11 pm

Lord Krebs:


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EU: Fraud (EUC Report) - Motion to Take Note

5.15 pm

Lord Stoneham of Droxford (LD):

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5.30 pm

Lord Bowness (Con):


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5.37 pm

Lord Davies of Stamford (Lab):


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5.47 pm

The Earl of Sandwich (CB):

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5.54 pm

Viscount Eccles (Con):


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6.01 pm

Lord Rowlands (Lab):


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6.08 pm

Baroness Morgan of Ely (Lab):


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6.18 pm

Lord Newby (LD):


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Lord Rowlands:

Lord Newby:

Lord Davies of Stamford:

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Lord Davies of Stamford:

Lord Newby:

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6.37 pm

Lord Stoneham of Droxford:


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Written Statements [11 Dec 2013]

EU: Development Foreign Affairs Council, Foreign Affairs Council and General Affairs Council - Statement

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

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EU: Energy Council - Statement

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


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Government: Ministerial Responsibilities - Statement

Lord Gardiner of Kimble (Con):

Health: Dementia - Statement

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

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Insolvency Service - Statement

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

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Overseas Aid - Statement

Baroness Northover (LD):


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Water Management: Waste Water - Statement

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


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Written Answers [11 Dec 2013]

Apprenticeships - Question

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

Asil Nadir - Question

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

Asylum Seekers - Question

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

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Aviation: Air Quality - Questions

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

Baroness Kramer:

Baroness Kramer:

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BAE Systems - Question

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

British Embassies: Military Attachés - Question

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

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Competition Commission - Question

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

Courts: District Judges - Questions

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

Column: WA115

Lord McNally:

Data Protection - Questions

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

Column: WA116

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

Driving: Over 70s - Question

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

Column: WA117

Drones - Question

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

Energy: Coal Fired Power Stations - Question

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

Column: WA118

Energy: Plutonium - Question

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

EU: Trade Agreements - Question

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


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Gaza - Questions

Baroness Northover (LD):

Baroness Northover:

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Baroness Northover:

Baroness Northover:

Baroness Northover:

Government: Ministerial Visits - Question

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

Graphene - Question

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

Column: WA121

Gypsies and Travellers - Question

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

Health: Autism - Question

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

Column: WA122

Health: International Healthcare Workers - Question

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

Health: Ophthalmology - Question

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

Column: WA123

Homeless Families - Question

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

Immigration - Question

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

Column: WA124

Immigration Removal Centres: Fire Safety - Question

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

Immigration: Deportation - Question

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

Column: WA125

Istanbul Convention - Question

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

Justice: Lay Magistrates - Questions

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

Lord McNally:

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Local Authorities: Finance - Question

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

Migration Impact Fund - Question

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

National Institute of Health and Care Excellence - Questions

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

Earl Howe:

NHS: Mid-Staffordshire NHS Trust - Question

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

Passports - Questions

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

RAF Menwith Hill - Question

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

Religious Tolerance - Question

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

Column: WA129

Sudan - Question

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

Syria - Questions

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

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

Baroness Warsi:

Tanzania - Question

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

Column: WA131

Teachers: Misconduct - Question

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

Column: WA132

Thames Tideway Tunnel - Question

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

Third Parties (Rights Against Insurers) Act 2010 - Question

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

Treatment of Detainees - Question

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

Column: WA133

Visas - Question

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

Waste Management - Questions

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