Table of Contents for
Tuesday 8 Jul 2014

Volume No. 755Part No. 21

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House of Lords

Vehicles: Heavy Goods Vehicles - Question

Faith Group Relationships - Question

NHS: Rural General Practitioner Dispensing - Question

South Sudan - Question

Openness of Local Government Bodies Regulations 2014 - Motions to Approve

Housing (Right to Buy) (Maximum Percentage Discount) (England) Order 2014 - Motions to Approve

Jobseeker’s Allowance (Supervised Jobsearch Pilot Scheme) Regulations 2014 - Motion to Approve

Serious Crime Bill [HL] - Committee (2nd Day)

Clause 35: External orders and investigations: meaning of “obtaining property”

Amendment 30A

Clause 36: Confiscation orders by magistrates’ courts

Amendment 31

Clause 37: Unauthorised acts causing, or creating risk of, serious damage

Amendment 31C

Clause 39: Territorial scope of computer misuse offence

Amendment 31D

Amendment 31E

Amendments 31F and 31G

Amendment 31J

Amendment 31K

Clause 41: Offence of participating in activities of organised crime group

Amendment 31L

Schedule 1: Amendments of Serious Crime Act 2007: Scotland

Amendment 31V

Amendments 31W to 31Z

Amendments 31AA to 31AC

Clause 45: Extension of order where person charged

Amendment 31AD

Amendment 32

Clause 47 : Injunctions to prevent gang-related violence and drug-dealing activity

Amendment 40

Amendment 40A

Clause 56: Continued retention or return of seized substances

Amendment 40B

Arrangement of Business - Announcement

Industrial Strategy: British Business Bank - Question for Short Debate

Grand Committee

Infrastructure Bill [HL] - Committee (2nd Day)

Clause 13: Transfer of additional functions

Amendment 32

Clause 5: Fines

Amendment 34

Clause 8: Watchdog

Amendment 41

Amendment 42

Amendment 43

Amendment 52

Clause 9: Monitor

Amendment 53

Clause 10: Transfer schemes

Amendment 59

Clause 13: Transfer of additional functions

Amendment 61A

Amendment 61AA

Clause 14: Consequential and transitional provision etc

Amendment 61C

Amendment 63

Amendment 64

Clause 16: Invasive non-native species

Amendment 64A

Amendment 66

Amendment 69

Amendment 70

Written Statements

Aviation: Security - Statement

Azerbaijan - Statement

Correction to Lords Oral Answer - Statement

Correction to Lords Written Answer - Statement

ECOFIN - Statement

Higher Education: Student Loans - Statement

Modern Slavery - Statement

Railways: High Speed 2 Phase One - Statement

Victims’ Commissioner: Annual Report - Statement

Written Answers

Advisory Bodies - Questions

Advisory Committee on Pesticides - Question

Apprentices - Question

Arab Partnership Economic Facility - Questions

Armed Forces: Deployment - Questions

Asylum: Gender Recognition - Question

British Nationals Abroad - Question

Burma - Question

Community Relations - Question

Constitutions: Scotland - Question

Criminal Law - Question

Driving under Influence: Drugs - Questions

East Coast Railway Line - Question

Heart Diseases - Questions

Higher Education: Ethnic Groups - Question

NHS: Empty Property - Question

Orders and Regulations - Question

Pesticides - Questions

Political Parties - Question

Road Signs and Markings - Question

Schools: Standards - Questions

Special Educational Needs - Questions

Trees: Imports - Question

Turks and Caicos Islands - Question

UK Border Force - Question

Vocational Training - Question

Voting Behaviour: Young People - Question

Warships - Question





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names of speakers in the Lords Hansard text for
Tuesday 8 Jul 2014

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House of Lords [8 Jul 2014]

2.30 pm

Vehicles: Heavy Goods Vehicles - Question

2.37 pm

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

Lord Berkeley (Lab):

Baroness Kramer:

Column: 110

Lord Mackay of Clashfern (Con):

Baroness Kramer:

Lord Snape (Lab):

Baroness Kramer:

Lord Bradshaw (LD):

Baroness Kramer:

Lord Vinson (Con):

Baroness Kramer:

Column: 111

Lord Davies of Oldham (Lab):

Baroness Kramer:

Baroness Sharples (Con):

Baroness Kramer:

Lord Campbell-Savours (Lab):

Baroness Kramer:

Earl Attlee (Con):

Baroness Kramer:

Baroness Gardner of Parkes (Con):

Baroness Kramer:

Column: 112

Faith Group Relationships - Question

2.45 pm

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

Lord Carrington of Fulham (Con):

Baroness Warsi:

Lord Patel of Bradford (Lab):

Baroness Warsi:

Column: 113

Lord Harries of Pentregarth (CB):

Baroness Warsi:

Lord Hussain (LD):

Baroness Warsi:

Baroness Uddin (Non-Afl):

Baroness Warsi:


Column: 114

Lord Scott of Foscote (CB):

Baroness Warsi:

NHS: Rural General Practitioner Dispensing - Question

2.52 pm

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

Lord Lea of Crondall (Lab):

Column: 115

Noble Lords:

Lord Lea of Crondall:

Earl Howe:

The Countess of Mar (CB):

Earl Howe:

Baroness Brinton (LD):

Column: 116

Earl Howe:

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Lab):

Earl Howe:

Viscount Tenby (CB):

Earl Howe:

South Sudan - Question

2.59 pm

Baroness Northover (LD):

Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead (Lab):

Column: 117

Baroness Northover:

Lord Avebury (LD):

Baroness Northover:

Noble Lords:

Baroness Northover:

Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB):

Baroness Northover:

Column: 118

The Lord Bishop of St Albans:

Baroness Northover:

Baroness Hayman (CB):

Baroness Northover:

The Earl of Sandwich (CB):

Baroness Northover:

Lord Collins of Highbury (Lab):

Column: 119

Baroness Northover:

Openness of Local Government Bodies Regulations 2014 - Motions to Approve

Housing (Right to Buy) (Maximum Percentage Discount) (England) Order 2014 - Motions to Approve

3.07 pm

Jobseeker’s Allowance (Supervised Jobsearch Pilot Scheme) Regulations 2014 - Motion to Approve

3.07 pm

Serious Crime Bill [HL] - Committee (2nd Day)

3.08 pm

Clause 35: External orders and investigations: meaning of “obtaining property”

Amendment 30A

Column: 120

Baroness Hamwee (LD):

Baroness Anelay of St Johns (Con):

Baroness Hamwee:

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


Column: 121

Baroness Hamwee:

Clause 36: Confiscation orders by magistrates’ courts

Amendment 31

Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede (Lab):

3.15 pm

Column: 122

Baroness Hamwee:

Baroness Williams of Trafford (Con):

Column: 123

Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede:

Clause 37: Unauthorised acts causing, or creating risk of, serious damage

Amendment 31C

Column: 124

Baroness Hamwee:

Baroness Williams of Trafford:

Lord Elton (Con):

Column: 125

Baroness Hamwee:

Baroness Williams of Trafford:

Lord Elystan-Morgan (CB):

3.30 pm

Baroness Williams of Trafford:

Lord Swinfen (Con):

Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth (Con):

Column: 126

Lord Swinfen:

Baroness Williams of Trafford:

Lord Elton:

Baroness Williams of Trafford:

Baroness Hamwee:

The Lord Speaker (Baroness D'Souza):

The Lord Speaker:

Baroness Smith of Basildon:

Lord Swinfen:

Column: 127

Clause 39: Territorial scope of computer misuse offence

Amendment 31D

Baroness Hamwee:

Baroness Williams of Trafford:


Column: 128

Baroness Hamwee:

Baroness Williams of Trafford:

Baroness Hamwee:

Amendment 31E

Column: 129

Baroness Williams of Trafford:

Amendments 31F and 31G

Amendment 31J

3.45 pm

Amendment 31K

Baroness Smith of Basildon:

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Column: 132

Lord Phillips of Sudbury (LD):

Lord Howarth of Newport (Lab):


Column: 133

Lord Swinfen:

Baroness Hamwee:

4 pm

Lord Taylor of Holbeach:


Column: 134


Column: 135


Column: 136

Lord Howarth of Newport:

Lord Taylor of Holbeach:

Column: 137

4.15 pm

Lord Swinfen:

Lord Taylor of Holbeach:

Baroness Smith of Basildon:

Column: 138

Lord Taylor of Holbeach:

Lord Phillips of Sudbury:

Lord Taylor of Holbeach:

Lord Phillips of Sudbury:

Baroness Smith of Basildon:

Column: 139

Clause 41: Offence of participating in activities of organised crime group

Amendment 31L

Baroness Hamwee:

Column: 140

4.30 pm

Column: 141

Baroness Smith of Basildon:


Column: 142


Column: 143

Column: 144

4.45 pm

Column: 145

Lord Taylor of Holbeach:


Column: 146


Column: 147

Baroness Smith of Basildon:

Lord Taylor of Holbeach:

Column: 148

5 pm

Lord Howarth of Newport:

Lord Taylor of Holbeach:

Column: 149


Column: 150

Lord Howarth of Newport:

Lord Taylor of Holbeach:

Baroness Smith of Basildon:

Column: 151

Lord Taylor of Holbeach:

5.15 pm

Column: 152

Baroness Hamwee:

Column: 153

Schedule 1: Amendments of Serious Crime Act 2007: Scotland

Amendment 31V

Baroness Williams of Trafford:

Column: 154

Amendments 31W to 31Z

Column: 155

Amendments 31AA to 31AC

Clause 45: Extension of order where person charged

Amendment 31AD

Column: 157

Amendment 32

Column: 158

Baroness Meacher (CB):

Column: 159

5.30 pm

Column: 160

Lord Elton:


Column: 161

Lord Howarth of Newport:

Column: 162

Baroness Hamwee:

Baroness Smith of Basildon:


5.45 pm

Column: 163


Column: 164

Lord Taylor of Holbeach:


Column: 165

Baroness Meacher:

Lord Taylor of Holbeach:


Column: 166

6 pm

Column: 167

Lord Elton:

Lord Taylor of Holbeach:


Column: 168

Baroness Meacher:

Lord Elton:

Baroness Meacher:

Column: 169

Clause 47 : Injunctions to prevent gang-related violence and drug-dealing activity

Lord Howarth of Newport:

6.15 pm

Column: 170


Column: 172

Lord Taylor of Holbeach:

Column: 173

6.30 pm

Baroness Meacher:

Baroness Smith of Basildon:

Lord Taylor of Holbeach:

Lord Howarth of Newport:

Column: 174

Lord Taylor of Holbeach:

Column: 175

Lord Howarth of Newport:

Lord Taylor of Holbeach:

Column: 176

6.45 pm

Baroness Smith of Basildon:


Column: 177

Lord Elton:

Lord Taylor of Holbeach:

Column: 178

Lord Hope of Craighead (CB):

Lord Elton:

Lord Taylor of Holbeach:

Column: 179

Amendment 40

Lord Marlesford (Con):


Column: 180

7 pm

Column: 181

Column: 182

Earl Attlee (Con):

Lord Taylor of Holbeach:

Column: 183


Column: 184

7.15 pm

Column: 185

Lord Marlesford:


Column: 186

Amendment 40A

Baroness Hamwee:

Lord Taylor of Holbeach:

Column: 187

Baroness Hamwee:

7.30 pm

Clause 56: Continued retention or return of seized substances

Amendment 40B

Baroness Hamwee:

Lord Howarth of Newport:

Column: 188

Baroness Williams of Trafford:


Column: 189

Baroness Hamwee:

Arrangement of Business - Announcement

7.39 pm

Baroness Anelay of St Johns (Con):

Column: 190

Industrial Strategy: British Business Bank - Question for Short Debate

7.40 pm

Baroness Wheatcroft (Con):


Column: 191


Column: 192


Column: 193

7.52 pm

Lord Haskel (Lab):

Column: 194

7.58 pm

Lord Stoneham of Droxford (LD):


Column: 195


Column: 196

8.07 pm

Lord Leigh of Hurley (Con):


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Column: 198

8.15 pm

Lord Wrigglesworth (LD):

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Column: 201

8.24 pm

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara (Lab):


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Column: 204

Lord Newby (LD):

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara:

8.36 pm

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

Column: 205


Column: 206


Column: 207


Column: 208

Baroness Wheatcroft:

Lord Newby (LD):

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Column: GC39

Grand Committee [8 Jul 2014]

Infrastructure Bill [HL] - Committee (2nd Day)

3.30 pm

The Deputy Chairman of Committees (Lord Geddes) (Con):

Clause 13: Transfer of additional functions

Amendment 32

Lord Davies of Oldham (Lab):


Column: GC40

Lord Berkeley (Lab):

Lord Jenkin of Roding (Con):

Column: GC41

Lord Whitty (Lab):

Column: GC42

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

3.45 pm

Column: GC43

Lord Davies of Oldham:

Column: GC44

Clause 5: Fines

Amendment 34

Lord Bradshaw (LD):


Column: GC45

Lord Whitty:

Column: GC46

4 pm

Lord Davies of Oldham:

Baroness Kramer:


Column: GC47

Lord Berkeley:

Baroness Kramer:


Column: GC48

Lord Bradshaw:

Clause 8: Watchdog

Amendment 41

Column: GC49

Lord Whitty:

Lord Berkeley:

Lord Jenkin of Roding:

Lord Judd (Lab):

4.15 pm

Baroness Kramer:

Column: GC50

Lord Judd:

Baroness Kramer:


Column: GC51

Lord Berkeley:

Baroness Kramer:

Lord Jenkin of Roding:

Baroness Kramer:

Column: GC52

Lord Judd:

Lord Davies of Oldham:

Baroness Kramer:

Column: GC53

Lord Whitty:

4.30 pm

Amendment 42

Column: GC54

Lord Berkeley:


Column: GC55

Lord Judd:

Lord Davies of Oldham:

Column: GC56

Lord Jenkin of Roding:


Column: GC57

4.45 pm

Lord Judd:

Lord Jenkin of Roding:

Lord Davies of Oldham:

Column: GC58

Lord Berkeley:

Lord Whitty:


Column: GC59

Baroness Kramer:


Column: GC60

Lord Whitty:

Baroness Kramer:

Lord Berkeley:

5 pm

Lord Judd:

Column: GC61

Baroness Kramer:

Lord Berkeley:

Column: GC62

Amendment 43

Lord Whitty:

Column: GC63

Lord Whitty:

Amendment 52

Lord Berkeley:

Baroness Kramer:


Column: GC64

Lord Berkeley:

5.15 pm

Clause 9: Monitor

Amendment 53

Lord Whitty:


Column: GC65

Lord Davies of Oldham:

Lord Berkeley:

Column: GC66

Column: GC67

Viscount Hanworth (Lab):

Lord Judd (Lab):


Column: GC68

5.30 pm

Baroness Kramer:

Column: GC69

Lord Berkeley:

Baroness Kramer:


Column: GC70


Column: GC71

5.45 pm

Column: GC72

Lord Whitty:


Column: GC73

Baroness Kramer:

Lord Whitty:

Lord Bradshaw:

Column: GC74

Lord Whitty:

Clause 10: Transfer schemes

Amendment 59

Lord Whitty:

Baroness Kramer:

Column: GC75

Lord Whitty:

6 pm

Clause 13: Transfer of additional functions

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

Amendment 61A

Lord Davies of Oldham:

Column: GC76

Baroness Kramer:


Column: GC77

Lord Davies of Oldham:

Amendment 61AA

Clause 14: Consequential and transitional provision etc

Column: GC78

Amendment 61C

Amendment 63

Lord Faulkner of Worcester (Lab):

Column: GC79

6.15 pm

Column: GC81

Lord Bradshaw:

Lord Jenkin of Roding:

Column: GC82

Lord Berkeley:

Lord Davies of Oldham:

Baroness Kramer:

Lord Davies of Oldham:

Baroness Kramer:

Column: GC83

Lord Faulkner of Worcester:

Column: GC84

6.30 pm

Amendment 64

Lord Bradshaw:


Column: GC85

Lord Berkeley:

Column: GC86

Baroness Parminter (LD):

Lord Davies of Oldham:

Column: GC87

6.45 pm

Baroness Kramer:

Column: GC88

Lord Bradshaw:

Clause 16: Invasive non-native species

Amendment 64A

Baroness Parminter:

Lord Teverson:

Column: GC90

Lord Cameron of Dillington:

Column: GC91

7 pm

Lord Teverson:

Lord Cameron of Dillington:

Lord Berkeley:


Column: GC92

Lord Davies of Oldham:


Column: GC93

Baroness Kramer:

Column: GC94

7.15 pm

Column: GC95

Baroness Parminter:

Column: GC96

Amendment 66

Lord Davies of Oldham:


Column: GC97

Baroness Kramer:

Lord Davies of Oldham:

Amendment 69

Column: GC98

Baroness Kramer:

Lord Davies of Oldham:

Amendment 70

Column: WS11


Column: WS11

Written Statements [8 Jul 2014]

Aviation: Security - Statement

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

Azerbaijan - Statement

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

Column: WS12

Correction to Lords Oral Answer - Statement

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

Column: WS13

Correction to Lords Written Answer - Statement

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

ECOFIN - Statement

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

Column: WS14

Higher Education: Student Loans - Statement

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con):


Column: WS15


Column: WS16

Modern Slavery - Statement

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

Railways: High Speed 2 Phase One - Statement

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

Column: WS17

Column: WS18

Victims’ Commissioner: Annual Report - Statement

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

Column: WA23


Column: WA23

Written Answers [8 Jul 2014]

Advisory Bodies - Questions

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


Column: WA24

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

Viscount Younger of Leckie:

Column: WA25

Viscount Younger of Leckie:

Viscount Younger of Leckie:

Advisory Committee on Pesticides - Question

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

Column: WA26

Apprentices - Question

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con):

Arab Partnership Economic Facility - Questions

Baroness Northover (LD):

Column: WA27

Armed Forces: Deployment - Questions

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

Lord Astor of Hever:

Asylum: Gender Recognition - Question

Column: WA29

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

British Nationals Abroad - Question

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

Column: WA30

Burma - Question

Baroness Northover (LD):

Column: WA31

Community Relations - Question

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

Constitutions: Scotland - Question

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

Criminal Law - Question

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

Column: WA32

Driving under Influence: Drugs - Questions

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

Baroness Kramer:

Column: WA33

East Coast Railway Line - Question

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

Heart Diseases - Questions

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

Column: WA34

Higher Education: Ethnic Groups - Question

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con):

NHS: Empty Property - Question

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

Orders and Regulations - Question

Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LD):

Pesticides - Questions

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

Lord De Mauley:

Political Parties - Question

Column: WA37

Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LD):

Road Signs and Markings - Question

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

Schools: Standards - Questions

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

Column: WA38

Lord Nash:

Column: WA39

Special Educational Needs - Questions

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

Lord Nash:

Trees: Imports - Question

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

Column: WA40

Turks and Caicos Islands - Question

Baroness Northover (LD):

UK Border Force - Question

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

Vocational Training - Question

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con):

Column: WA41

Voting Behaviour: Young People - Question

Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LD):

Warships - Question

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