Table of Contents for
Tuesday 25 Mar 2014

Volume No. 753Part No. 134

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House of Lords

Introduction: The Lord Bishop of Chelmsford

Libya: Arms to the IRA - Question

Children: Online Safety - Question

Schools: Bad Behaviour - Question

Ukraine - Question

Combined Authorities (Consequential Amendments) Order 2014 - Motions to Approve

Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield Combined Authority Order 2014 - Motions to Approve

Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, St Helens, Sefton and Wirral Combined Authority Order 2014 - Motions to Approve

West Yorkshire Combined Authority Order 2014 - Motions to Approve

Urban Development Corporations in England (Area and Constitution) Order 2014 - Motions to Approve

Prevention of Social Housing Fraud (Power to Require Information) (England) Regulations 2014 - Motions to Approve

Water Bill - Report (1st Day)

Clause 1: Types of water supply licence and arrangements with water undertakers

Amendment 1

Schedule 1: Water supply licences: authorisations

Amendment 2

Schedule 2: Water undertakers’ duties as regards water supply licensees

Amendment 30

Schedule 3: Sewerage licences: authorisations

Schedule 4: Sewerage undertakers’ duties as regards sewerage licensees

Schedule 5: Extension of licensing provisions in relation to Wales

Amendment 38

Amendment 39

Amendment 40

Amendment 41

Clause 8: Bulk supply of water by water undertakers

Amendments 42 to 52

Clause 12: Arrangements for water undertakers to take water from other persons

Amendment 53

Amendment 55

Clause 16: Charges schemes

Amendments 57 and 58

Clause 22: Primary duty to secure resilience

Amendment 61

Amendments 62 and 63

Amendment 64

Clause 24: Strategic priorities and objectives

Amendments 65 to 70

Amendment 71

Amendment 72

Clause 37: Appeals relating to revisions of codes

Amendment 73

Amendment 74

Clause 39: Exercise of adjudication functions by other persons

Amendments 75 to 77

Amendment 78

Schedule 7: Further amendments

Amendments 79 to 86

Amendment 87

Clause 49: Environmental regulation: procedure

Amendment 88

Licensing Act 2003 (Mandatory Licensing Conditions) Order 2014 - Motion to Approve

Amendment to the Motion

Written Statements

Arms Export Licensing - Statement

FCO Services: Performance Targets - Statement

Northern Ireland: On-the-Runs Scheme - Statement

Passenger Focus: Triennial Review - Statement

Science Advisory Council and Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment: Triennial Reviews - Statement

Syria - Statement

Written Answers

Alcohol - Question

Aviation: Security - Question

BBC World Service - Questions

Caste Discrimination - Question

Defence Infrastructure Organisation - Questions

Drones - Question

Education: Adult Education - Question

Education: Numeracy - Question

Electoral Registration - Question

Employment: Websites - Question

Flooding - Questions

Genetic Modification - Question

Gibraltar - Question

Government Departments: Staff - Question

Government Departments: Surveys - Questions

Health: Dentistry - Question

Housing: New Homes Bonus - Question

Human Rights - Question

International Criminal Court - Question

Israel - Questions

Nigeria - Question

Non-departmental Government Bodies: Staff - Questions

Offender Learning and Skills Service - Question

Overseas Aid - Question

Parliaments: Salaries and Expenses - Question

RAF Scampton - Questions

Railways: First Great Western - Question

Royal Air Force: Airfields - Question

Somalia - Question

Sri Lanka - Question

Taxation - Question

Taxation: Avoidance - Question

Ukraine - Questions

Vets: Language Controls - Question





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House of Lords [25 Mar 2014]

2.30 pm

Introduction: The Lord Bishop of Chelmsford

2.37 pm

Libya: Arms to the IRA - Question

2.41 pm

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

Baroness Warsi:

Lord Alderdice (LD):

Baroness Warsi:

Lord Browne of Belmont (DUP):

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Baroness Warsi:

Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean (Lab):

Baroness Warsi:

Lord Cormack (Con):

Baroness Warsi:

Lord Lexden (Con):

Baroness Warsi:

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Children: Online Safety - Question

2.48 pm

Lord Gardiner of Kimble (Con):

Lord Clement-Jones (LD):

Lord Gardiner of Kimble:

Baroness Benjamin (LD):

Lord Gardiner of Kimble:

Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB):

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Lord Gardiner of Kimble:

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara (Lab):

Lord Gardiner of Kimble:

Lord Clement-Jones:

Lord Gardiner of Kimble:

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Schools: Bad Behaviour - Question

2.54 pm

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

Baroness Massey of Darwen (Lab):

Lord Nash:

Lord Storey (LD):

Lord Nash:

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Baroness Howe of Idlicote (CB):

Lord Nash:

Baroness Whitaker (Lab):

Lord Nash:

The Lord Bishop of Leicester:

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Lord Nash:

Lord Deben (Con):

Lord Nash:

Baroness Hughes of Stretford (Lab):

Lord Nash:

Baroness Hussein-Ece (LD):

Lord Nash:

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Lord Berkeley of Knighton (CB):

Lord Nash:

Ukraine - Question

3.04 pm

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

Lord Trimble (Con):

Baroness Warsi:

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Lord Campbell-Savours (Lab):

Baroness Warsi:

Lord Hurd of Westwell (Con):

Baroness Warsi:

Lord Hylton (CB):

Baroness Warsi:

The Lord Bishop of St Albans:

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Baroness Warsi:

Lord Triesman (Lab):

Baroness Warsi:

Baroness Falkner of Margravine (LD):

Lord Howe of Aberavon (Con):

Lord Pearson of Rannoch (UKIP):

Noble Lords:

Lord Howe of Aberavon:

Baroness Warsi:

Combined Authorities (Consequential Amendments) Order 2014 - Motions to Approve

Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield Combined Authority Order 2014 - Motions to Approve

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Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, St Helens, Sefton and Wirral Combined Authority Order 2014 - Motions to Approve

West Yorkshire Combined Authority Order 2014 - Motions to Approve

Urban Development Corporations in England (Area and Constitution) Order 2014 - Motions to Approve

Prevention of Social Housing Fraud (Power to Require Information) (England) Regulations 2014 - Motions to Approve

3.12 pm

Water Bill - Report (1st Day)

3.12 pm

Clause 1: Types of water supply licence and arrangements with water undertakers

Amendment 1

Lord Whitty (Lab):


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3.15 pm

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

Lord Whitty:

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Schedule 1: Water supply licences: authorisations

Amendment 2

The Earl of Selborne (Con):


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3.30 pm

Lord Deben (Con):

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Lord Grantchester (Lab):

Baroness Parminter (LD):

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Lord De Mauley:

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3.45 pm

The Earl of Selborne:

Schedule 2: Water undertakers’ duties as regards water supply licensees

Amendment 30

The Earl of Selborne:

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The Lord Speaker (Baroness D'Souza):

Lord Cameron of Dillington (CB):


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Lord De Mauley:


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4 pm

The Earl of Selborne:

Schedule 3: Sewerage licences: authorisations

Schedule 4: Sewerage undertakers’ duties as regards sewerage licensees

Schedule 5: Extension of licensing provisions in relation to Wales

Amendment 38

Baroness Northover (LD):

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Amendment 39

Amendment 40

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Lord Moynihan (Con):


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Lord Crickhowell (Con):

Lord Moynihan:

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4.15 pm

Lord Whitty (Lab):

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Lord Hope of Craighead (CB):

Lord De Mauley:

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Lord Hope of Craighead:

Lord De Mauley:


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Lord Moynihan:

4.30 pm

Amendment 41

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Lord Whitty:


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Baroness Parminter:

Lord Crickhowell:

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Lord De Mauley:

4.45 pm

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Lord Oxburgh (CB):

Baroness Northover (LD):

Lord Oxburgh:

Lord De Mauley:

Lord Whitty:


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4.58 pm

Division on Amendment 41Contents 192; Not-Contents 271.Amendment 41 disagreed.

Division No. 1 [] [25 Mar 2014]

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5.12 pm

Clause 8: Bulk supply of water by water undertakers

Amendments 42 to 52

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Clause 12: Arrangements for water undertakers to take water from other persons

Amendment 53

Amendment 55

Lord Whitty:


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5.15 pm

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The Earl of Selborne:


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Baroness Byford (Con):

Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville (LD):

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5.30 pm

Baroness Parminter:

Lord De Mauley:


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Lord Whitty:


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5.51 pm

Division on Amendment 55Contents 181; Not-Contents 261.Amendment 55 disagreed.

Division No. 2 [] [25 Mar 2014]

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6.03 pm

Clause 16: Charges schemes

Amendments 57 and 58

Clause 22: Primary duty to secure resilience

Amendment 61

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Baroness Northover (LD):

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Lord Redesdale (LD):

Baroness Parminter:

Lord Whitty:

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6.15 pm

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Baroness Byford:

Lord Whitty:

Baroness Byford:

Lord Whitty:

Lord Shipley (LD):


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The Deputy Speaker (Lord Geddes):

Lord Whitty:

Baroness Northover:


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Amendments 62 and 63

Amendment 64

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Lord Whitty:

Clause 24: Strategic priorities and objectives

Amendments 65 to 70

Amendment 71

Lord Grantchester:

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6.30 pm

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Baroness Northover:


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Lord Grantchester:

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Amendment 72

Lord Harrison (Lab):


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Lord De Mauley:

6.45 pm

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Lord Harrison:

Clause 37: Appeals relating to revisions of codes

Amendment 73

Amendment 74

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Lord Oxburgh:

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Lord Cameron of Dillington:


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7 pm

Baroness Parminter:

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The Earl of Selborne:

Baroness Northover:


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Lord Oxburgh:

Clause 39: Exercise of adjudication functions by other persons

Amendments 75 to 77

Amendment 78

Lord Whitty:


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7.15 pm

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Viscount Hanworth (Lab):

Lord De Mauley:


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Lord Whitty:

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Schedule 7: Further amendments

Amendments 79 to 86

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Amendment 87

Clause 49: Environmental regulation: procedure

Amendment 88

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Licensing Act 2003 (Mandatory Licensing Conditions) Order 2014 - Motion to Approve

7.29 pm

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

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Amendment to the Motion

Baroness Smith of Basildon (Lab):

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Lord Clement-Jones (LD):

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Lord Taylor of Holbeach:


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Baroness Smith of Basildon:

Lord Taylor of Holbeach:

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Baroness Smith of Basildon:

Lord Taylor of Holbeach:

Baroness Smith of Basildon:

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Written Statements [25 Mar 2014]

Arms Export Licensing - Statement

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


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FCO Services: Performance Targets - Statement

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

Northern Ireland: On-the-Runs Scheme - Statement

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

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Passenger Focus: Triennial Review - Statement

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

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Science Advisory Council and Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment: Triennial Reviews - Statement

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

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Syria - Statement

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

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Written Answers [25 Mar 2014]

Alcohol - Question

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

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Aviation: Security - Question

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

BBC World Service - Questions

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


Column: WA93

Baroness Warsi:

Caste Discrimination - Question

Baroness Northover (LD):

Defence Infrastructure Organisation - Questions

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

Drones - Question

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

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Education: Adult Education - Question

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con):

Education: Numeracy - Question

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con):


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Electoral Registration - Question

Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LD):

Employment: Websites - Question

Column: WA97

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

Flooding - Questions

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

Genetic Modification - Question

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

Column: WA98

Gibraltar - Question

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

Government Departments: Staff - Question

The Minister of State, Ministry of Justice (Lord Faulks) (Con):

Government Departments: Surveys - Questions

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

Column: WA99

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

Column: WA100

Health: Dentistry - Question

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

Housing: New Homes Bonus - Question

Column: WA101

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

Human Rights - Question

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

International Criminal Court - Question

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

Israel - Questions

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

Baroness Warsi:

Nigeria - Question

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

Non-departmental Government Bodies: Staff - Questions

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

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Viscount Younger of Leckie:

Viscount Younger of Leckie:

Viscount Younger of Leckie:

Viscount Younger of Leckie:

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con):

Offender Learning and Skills Service - Question

Column: WA104

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con):

Overseas Aid - Question

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

Column: WA105

Parliaments: Salaries and Expenses - Question

Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LD):

RAF Scampton - Questions

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

Column: WA106

Lord Astor of Hever:

Railways: First Great Western - Question

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

Royal Air Force: Airfields - Question

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

Somalia - Question

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

Column: WA107

Sri Lanka - Question

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

Taxation - Question

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


Column: WA108

Taxation: Avoidance - Question

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

Ukraine - Questions

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


Column: WA109

Baroness Warsi:

Baroness Warsi:

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Vets: Language Controls - Question

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