Table of Contents for
Wednesday 9 Jul 2014

Volume No. 755Part No. 22

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House of Lords

Tax: Aggressive Tax Avoidance - Question

Finance: Fiscal Devolution - Question

Health and Social Care Act 2012: Risk Register - Question

Health: Cancer - Question

Supply and Appropriation (Main Estimates) Bill - First Reading

Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Green Deal) (Amendment) Order 2014 - Motion to Approve

Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Amendment of Schedule 1: injunctions to prevent gang-related violence) Order 2014 - Motion to Approve

Adoption and Children Act Register (Search and Inspection) (Pilot) Regulations 2014 - Motion to Approve

Terrorism Act 2000 (Code of Practice for Examining Officers and Review Officers) Order 2014 - Motion to Approve

Universal Credit - Statement

Armed Forces (Service Complaints and Financial Assistance) Bill [HL] - Committee

Clause 1: Creation of office of Service Complaints Ombudsman

Amendment 1

Clause 2: Reform of system for redress of individual grievances

Amendment 4

Amendment 6

Amendment 7

Amendment 9

Amendment 11A

Amendment 12

Amendment 13

Amendment 14

Amendment 17

Clause 4: Financial assistance for benefit of armed forces community

Amendment 18

The Schedule : Service complaints: consequential amendments

Amendment 20

Grand Committee

Arrangement of Business - Announcement

Pensions Act 2011 (Consequential and Supplementary Provisions) Regulations 2014 - Motion to Consider

Public Bodies (Abolition of Food from Britain) Order 2014 - Motion to Consider

Legislative Reform (Patents) Order 2014 - Motion to Consider

St Helena - Question for Short Debate

Books - Question for Short Debate

Written Statements

Businesses: Regulation - Statement

Child Abuse: Independent Inquiry - Statement

EU: Agriculture and Fisheries Council - Statement

National Audit Office - Statement

Overseas Territories - Statement

Presumption of Death Act 2013 - Statement

Syria: Chemical Weapons - Statement

Written Answers

Andrew Mitchell - Question

Coastal Areas: Flood Control - Question

Cyprus - Question

Deportation: Nigeria - Question

Driving under Influence: Drugs - Question

Egypt - Question

EU Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council - Question

Fracking: Somerset - Question

General Practitioners - Question

Health Services - Question

Housing: Construction - Question

In Vitro Fertilisation - Question

Iran - Question

Israel - Questions

Languages: Qualifications - Question

Mental Illness: Drugs - Question

Mohammed Ahmed Mohamed - Question

Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties - Question

Obesity - Question

Palestinians - Questions

Parades Commission - Questions

Parkinson’s Disease - Questions

Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme - Questions

Pupil Exclusions - Question

Road Works - Question

Schools - Question

Schools: Discipline - Question

Science: Education - Question

Shipping: Oil - Question

Sovereignty: Scotland - Question

Sri Lanka - Question

Sugar - Question

Syria - Question

Terrorism: Northern Ireland - Question

Uganda - Question

Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre - Questions





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Wednesday 9 Jul 2014

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House of Lords [9 Jul 2014]

3 pm

Tax: Aggressive Tax Avoidance - Question

3.08 pm

Lord Peston (Lab):

Lord Newby (LD):

Lord Peston:

Noble Lords:

Lord Peston:

Lord Newby:

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Lord Razzall (LD):

Lord Rooker (Lab):

Lord Newby:

Lord Mackay of Clashfern (Con):

Lord Newby:

Lord McFall of Alcluith (Lab):

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Lord Newby:

Lord Lawson of Blaby (Con):

Lord Newby:

Lord Phillips of Sudbury (LD):

Lord Newby:

Finance: Fiscal Devolution - Question

3.16 pm

Lord Newby (LD):

Lord Harris of Haringey (Lab):

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Lord Newby:

Lord Razzall (LD):

Lord Newby:

Lord Anderson of Swansea (Lab):

Lord Newby:

Lord Flight (Con):

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Lord Newby:

Lord Foulkes of Cumnock (Lab):

Lord Newby:

Lord Davies of Oldham (Lab):

Lord Newby:

Health and Social Care Act 2012: Risk Register - Question

3.23 pm

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

Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe (Lab):

Earl Howe:

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

Earl Howe:

Lord Kakkar (CB):

Earl Howe:

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Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Lab):

Earl Howe:

Baroness Knight of Collingtree (Con):

Earl Howe:

Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton (Lab):

Earl Howe:

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Lord Grocott (Lab):

Earl Howe:

Health: Cancer - Question

3.31 pm

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

Baroness Gardner of Parkes (Con):

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Earl Howe:

Baroness Finlay of Llandaff (CB):

Earl Howe:

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Lab):

Earl Howe:

Baroness Barker (LD):

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Earl Howe:

Baroness Hooper (Con):

Earl Howe:

Supply and Appropriation (Main Estimates) Bill - First Reading

3.38 pm

Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Green Deal) (Amendment) Order 2014 - Motion to Approve

3.38 pm

Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Amendment of Schedule 1: injunctions to prevent gang-related violence) Order 2014 - Motion to Approve

3.39 pm

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Adoption and Children Act Register (Search and Inspection) (Pilot) Regulations 2014 - Motion to Approve

3.39 pm

Terrorism Act 2000 (Code of Practice for Examining Officers and Review Officers) Order 2014 - Motion to Approve

3.39 pm

Universal Credit - Statement

3.40 pm

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


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3.43 pm

Baroness Sherlock (Lab):

3.45 pm

Lord Freud:


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3.46 pm

Baroness Jenkin of Kennington (Con):

Lord Freud:

Baroness Hollis of Heigham (Lab):

Lord Freud:

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Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope (LD):

Lord Freud:

Lord Hylton (CB):

Lord Freud:

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Armed Forces (Service Complaints and Financial Assistance) Bill [HL] - Committee

3.55 pm

Clause 1: Creation of office of Service Complaints Ombudsman

Amendment 1

Lord Rosser (Lab):


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4 pm

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Lord Palmer of Childs Hill (LD):

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

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Lord Rosser:

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Lord Astor of Hever:

Lord Rosser:

4.15 pm

Clause 2: Reform of system for redress of individual grievances

Amendment 4

Lord Rosser:

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Lord Thomas of Gresford (LD):


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Lord Astor of Hever:


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4.30 pm

Lord Thomas of Gresford:

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Lord Rosser:

Amendment 6

Lord Rosser:

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4.45 pm

Lord Astor of Hever:


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Lord Rosser:

Amendment 7

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Lord Tunnicliffe (Lab):

Lord Astor of Hever:


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Lord Thomas of Gresford:

5 pm

Amendment 9

Lord Rosser:


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Lord Thomas of Gresford:


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Lord Astor of Hever:


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Lord Rosser:

Lord Astor of Hever:

5.15 pm

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Lord Thomas of Gresford:

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Lord Astor of Hever:

Lord Rosser:


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Amendment 11A

Lord Rosser:

Lord Astor of Hever:


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5.30 pm

Lord Rosser:

Lord Rosser:

Amendment 12

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Lord Boyce (CB):

Lord Craig of Radley (CB):

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Lord Deben (Con):

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Lord Thomas of Gresford:

Earl Attlee (Con):

Lord Astor of Hever:

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5.45 pm

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Earl Attlee:

Lord Astor of Hever:

Lord Boyce:

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Amendment 13

Lord Thomas of Gresford:

Lord Astor of Hever:


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Lord Thomas of Gresford:

Amendment 14

Lord Thomas of Gresford:

6 pm

Lord Rosser:

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Lord Astor of Hever:

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Lord Thomas of Gresford:

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Amendment 17

Lord Rosser:

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Earl Attlee:

6.15 pm

Lord Astor of Hever:


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Lord Rosser:

Lord Astor of Hever:

Lord Rosser:


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Earl Attlee:

Lord Rosser:

Clause 4: Financial assistance for benefit of armed forces community

Amendment 18

Lord Rosser:

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Baroness Garden of Frognal (LD):


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6.30 pm

Baroness Jolly (LD):


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6.45 pm

Lord Rosser:

Baroness Jolly:

Lord Rosser:

The Schedule : Service complaints: consequential amendments

Amendment 20

Lord Rosser:

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Lord Astor of Hever:

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Lord Rosser:

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Grand Committee [9 Jul 2014]

Arrangement of Business - Announcement

3.58 pm

The Deputy Chairman of Committees (Baroness Harris of Richmond) (LD):

Pensions Act 2011 (Consequential and Supplementary Provisions) Regulations 2014 - Motion to Consider

3.58 pm

Lord Bates (Con):


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Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope (LD):


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Baroness Drake (Lab):


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4.15 pm

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Baroness Turner of Camden (Lab):

Baroness Sherlock (Lab):


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4.30 pm

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Lord Bates:

Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope:

Lord Bates:


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4.45 pm

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Baroness Drake:

Lord Bates:

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Public Bodies (Abolition of Food from Britain) Order 2014 - Motion to Consider

5 pm

Baroness Northover (LD):

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Lord Grantchester (Lab):


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Lord Rooker (Lab):

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5.15 pm

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Baroness Northover:

Legislative Reform (Patents) Order 2014 - Motion to Consider

5.21 pm

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

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5.30 pm

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara (Lab):


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Viscount Younger of Leckie (Con):

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St Helena - Question for Short Debate

5.42 pm

Lord Shutt of Greetland:


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5.51 pm

Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville (Con):


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6 pm

Lord Jones of Cheltenham (LD):

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6.09 pm

Lord Collins of Highbury (Lab):

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6.19 pm

Baroness Northover (LD):


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Books - Question for Short Debate

6.34 pm

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer (LD):


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6.45 pm

Lord Norton of Louth (Con):


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6.49 pm

Lord Parekh (Lab):


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6.56 pm

Lord Dholakia (LD):


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7.01 pm

The Earl of Clancarty (CB):


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7.06 pm

Lord Addington (LD):


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Lord Bilimoria (CB):

Lord Popat (Con):

7.11 pm

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (Lab):


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7.17 pm

Lord Gardiner of Kimble (Con):

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Written Statements [9 Jul 2014]

Businesses: Regulation - Statement

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

Child Abuse: Independent Inquiry - Statement

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

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EU: Agriculture and Fisheries Council - Statement

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

National Audit Office - Statement

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

Overseas Territories - Statement

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


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Presumption of Death Act 2013 - Statement

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

Syria: Chemical Weapons - Statement

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

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Written Answers [9 Jul 2014]

Andrew Mitchell - Question

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

Coastal Areas: Flood Control - Question

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

Cyprus - Question

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


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Deportation: Nigeria - Question

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

Driving under Influence: Drugs - Question

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

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Egypt - Question

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

EU Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council - Question

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

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Fracking: Somerset - Question

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

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General Practitioners - Question

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

Health Services - Question

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

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Housing: Construction - Question

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

In Vitro Fertilisation - Question

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

Iran - Question

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

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Israel - Questions

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

Baroness Warsi:

Languages: Qualifications - Question

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

Mental Illness: Drugs - Question

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

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Mohammed Ahmed Mohamed - Question

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

Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties - Question

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

Obesity - Question

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

Column: WA53

Palestinians - Questions

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

Baroness Warsi:

Parades Commission - Questions

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

Column: WA54

Baroness Randerson:

Baroness Randerson:

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Parkinson’s Disease - Questions

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

Earl Howe:

Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme - Questions

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

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Pupil Exclusions - Question

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

Road Works - Question

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

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Schools - Question

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

Schools: Discipline - Question

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

Column: WA58

Science: Education - Question

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

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Shipping: Oil - Question

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

Sovereignty: Scotland - Question

Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LD):

Sri Lanka - Question

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


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Sugar - Question

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

Syria - Question

Baroness Northover (LD):

Terrorism: Northern Ireland - Question

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

Column: WA61

Uganda - Question

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

Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre - Questions

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

Lord Taylor of Holbeach: