Table of Contents for
Tuesday 3 Feb 2015

Volume No. 759Part No. 97

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House of Lords

Philippines: Typhoon Haiyan - Question

Smoking: E-Cigarettes - Question

Credit Unions - Question

Greece: New Government - Question

Hereditary Peers By-Election - Announcement

Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2015 - Motions to Approve

Justification Decision (Generation of Electricity by the UK ABWR Nuclear Reactor) Regulations 2015 - Motions to Approve

Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2015 - Motions to Approve

Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme and Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2015 - Motions to Approve

National Employment Savings Trust (Amendment) Order 2015 - Motions to Approve

Social Security (Penalty as Alternative to Prosecution) (Maximum Amount) Order 2015 - Motions to Approve

Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2015 - Motion to Approve

Deregulation Bill - Report (1st Day)

Clause 1: Health and safety at work: general duty of self-employed persons

Amendment 1

Clause 2: Removal of employment tribunals’ power to make wider recommendations

Amendment 3

Clause 11: Private hire vehicles: sub-contracting

Amendment 4

Clause 17: Authorisation of insolvency practitioners

Amendment 6

Amendment 7

Clause 25: Applications for certain orders under Highways Act 1980: cost recovery

Amendment 8

Schedule 7: Ascertainment of rights of way

Amendments 9 to 11

Amendments 13 and 14

Amendment 15

Clause 44: Household waste: de-criminalisation

Amendment 18

Amendment 20

Small Businesses - Question for Short Debate

Deregulation Bill - Report (1st Day) (Continued)

Schedule 16: Schools: reduction of burdens

Amendment 22

Schedule 17: Part to be inserted as Part 5A of the Licensing Act 2003

Amendment 23

Social Action, Responsibility and Heroism Bill - Returned from the Commons

Grand Committee

Arrangement of Business - Announcement -

Care and Support (Business Failure) Regulations 2014 - Motion to Consider

Care and Support (Children’s Carers) Regulations 2014 - Motion to Consider

Care and Support (Eligibility Criteria) Regulations 2014 - Motion to Consider

Care and Support (Market Oversight Criteria) Regulations 2014 - Motion to Consider

Smoke-free (Private Vehicles) Regulations 2015 - Motion to Consider

Armed Forces Pension (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2015 - Motion to Consider

Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (England) (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2015 - Motion to Consider

Police Pensions (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2015 - Motion to Consider

Public Service (Civil Servants and Others) Pensions (Consequential and Amendment) Regulations 2015 - Motion to Consider

National Health Service Pension Scheme (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2015 - Motion to Consider

Teachers’ Pension Scheme (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2015 - Motion to Consider





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names of speakers in the Lords Hansard text for
Tuesday 3 Feb 2015

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House of Lords [3 Feb 2015]

2.30 pm

Philippines: Typhoon Haiyan - Question

2.38 pm

Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth (Con):

Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale (Lab):

Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth:

Lord Avebury (LD):

Column: 534

Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth:

Baroness Hayman (CB):

Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth:

Lord Collins of Highbury (Lab):

Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth:

Lord Hylton (CB):

Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth:

Column: 535

Baroness Manzoor (LD):

Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth:

The Earl of Sandwich (CB):

Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth:

Lord West of Spithead (Lab):

Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth:

Smoking: E-Cigarettes - Question

2.45 pm

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

Column: 536

Viscount Ridley (Con):

Earl Howe:

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Lab):

Earl Howe:

Lord Rennard (LD):

Column: 537

Earl Howe:

Lord Cunningham of Felling (Lab):

Earl Howe:

Lord Patel (CB):

Earl Howe:

Earl Cathcart (Con):

Earl Howe:

Column: 538

Credit Unions - Question

2.53 pm

Lord Kennedy of Southwark (Lab):

Lord Newby (LD):

Lord Kennedy of Southwark:

Lord Newby:

Lord Hunt of Wirral (Con):

Column: 539

Lord Newby:

Lord McFall of Alcluith (Lab):

Lord Newby:

Lord German (LD):

Lord Newby:

The Lord Bishop of St Albans:

Column: 540

Lord Newby:

Lord Davies of Oldham (Lab):

Lord Newby:

Lord Clarke of Hampstead (Lab):

Lord Newby:

Greece: New Government - Question

3.01 pm

The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Baroness Anelay of St Johns) (Con):

Column: 541

Lord Clinton-Davis (Lab):

Baroness Anelay of St Johns:

Lord Pearson of Rannoch (UKIP):

Baroness Anelay of St Johns:

Baroness Ludford (LD):

Column: 542

Baroness Anelay of St Johns:

Baroness Hooper (Con):

Baroness Anelay of St Johns:

Lord Tomlinson (Lab):

Baroness Anelay of St Johns:

Lord Hamilton of Epsom (Con):

Lord Taverne (LD):

Lord Kilclooney (CB):

Noble Lords:

Column: 543

The Lord Privy Seal (Baroness Stowell of Beeston) (Con):

Lord Kilclooney:

Baroness Anelay of St Johns:

Hereditary Peers By-Election - Announcement

3.09 pm

Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2015 - Motions to Approve

Justification Decision (Generation of Electricity by the UK ABWR Nuclear Reactor) Regulations 2015 - Motions to Approve

Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2015 - Motions to Approve

Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme and Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2015 - Motions to Approve

3.09 pm

Column: 544

National Employment Savings Trust (Amendment) Order 2015 - Motions to Approve

Social Security (Penalty as Alternative to Prosecution) (Maximum Amount) Order 2015 - Motions to Approve

3.10 pm

Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2015 - Motion to Approve

3.10 pm

Deregulation Bill - Report (1st Day)

3.11 pm

Clause 1: Health and safety at work: general duty of self-employed persons

Amendment 1

Lord McKenzie of Luton (Lab):

Column: 545

3.15 pm

Baroness Donaghy (Lab):

Lord Lea of Crondall (Lab):

Column: 548

Lord Jordan (Lab):


Column: 549

3.30 pm

The Earl of Lindsay (Con):


Column: 550

Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LD):

Column: 551


Column: 552

Lord McKenzie of Luton:

Lord Wallace of Saltaire:

Lord McKenzie of Luton:

Column: 553

3.45 pm

Lord Wallace of Saltaire:

Lord McKenzie of Luton:

Lord Wallace of Saltaire:

Lord McKenzie of Luton:

Column: 554

Lord Wallace of Saltaire:

Lord McKenzie of Luton:

Lord Wallace of Saltaire:

Lord McKenzie of Luton:

Clause 2: Removal of employment tribunals’ power to make wider recommendations

Amendment 3

Lord Low of Dalston (CB):


Column: 555

Column: 556

Column: 557

4 pm

Lord Hunt of Wirral (Con):

Column: 558

Lord Beecham (Lab):

Baroness Thornton (Lab):

Column: 559

4.15 pm

Lord Wallace of Saltaire:

Column: 560

Column: 561

Lord Low of Dalston:


Column: 562

4.25 pm

Division on Amendment 3Contents 190; Not-Contents 259.Amendment 3 disagreed.

Division No. 1 [] [3 Feb 2015]

Column: 563

Column: 564

Column: 565

4.38 pm

Clause 11: Private hire vehicles: sub-contracting

Amendment 4

Baroness Thornton:

Column: 566


Column: 567

4.45 pm

Column: 568

Lord Deben (Con):

Baroness Howarth of Breckland (CB):


Column: 569

Lord Skelmersdale (Con):

Noble Lords:

Lord Skelmersdale:

Column: 570

Lord Harris of Haringey (Lab):

Lord Deben:

Lord Harris of Haringey:

Column: 571

5 pm

Viscount Ridley (Con):


Column: 572

Lord Sutherland of Houndwood (CB):

Baroness Thornton:

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


Column: 573

Baroness Howarth of Breckland:

Baroness Kramer:


Column: 574

Baroness Thornton:

Column: 575

5.15 pm

Baroness Kramer:

Baroness Thornton:

Baroness Kramer:

Lord Harris of Haringey:

Baroness Kramer:

Column: 576

Lord Harris of Haringey:

Baroness Kramer:

Baroness Thornton:

5.22 pm

Division on Amendment 4Contents 191; Not-Contents 235.Amendment 4 disagreed.

Division No. 2 [] [3 Feb 2015]

Column: 577

Column: 578

Column: 579

5.34 pm

Clause 17: Authorisation of insolvency practitioners

Amendment 6

Column: 580

Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town (Lab):


Column: 581

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

Column: 582

5.45 pm

Column: 583


Column: 584

Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town:


Column: 585

Amendment 7

Baroness Byford (Con):


Column: 586

6 pm

Lord Skelmersdale:

Column: 587

Column: 588

Earl Cathcart (Con):

Column: 589

Lord Grantchester (Lab):

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


Column: 590

6.15 pm

Lord Spicer (Con):

Column: 591

Lord De Mauley:

Lord Skelmersdale:

Lord De Mauley:


Column: 592

Column: 593

Baroness Byford:

Clause 25: Applications for certain orders under Highways Act 1980: cost recovery

Amendment 8

Column: 594

Lord De Mauley:

Lord Bradshaw (LD):

6.30 pm

Column: 595

Lord Cameron of Dillington (CB):

Column: 596

Lord Skelmersdale:

Lord Judd (Lab):


Column: 597

Baroness Byford (Con):

Column: 598

6.45 pm

Lord Skelmersdale:

Baroness Byford:

Lord Grantchester:


Column: 599

Lord De Mauley:


Column: 600

Lord Bradshaw:

Lord Gardiner of Kimble (Con):

Schedule 7: Ascertainment of rights of way

Amendments 9 to 11

Amendments 13 and 14

Column: 601

Amendment 15

Clause 44: Household waste: de-criminalisation

Amendment 18

Baroness Hanham (Con):


Column: 602

7 pm

Column: 603

Lord Tope (LD):

Lord Harris of Haringey:

Column: 604


Column: 605

Lord McKenzie of Luton:

Lord De Mauley:


Column: 606

7.15 pm

Lord Harris of Haringey:

Lord De Mauley:

Column: 607

Lord Tope:

Baroness Hanham:

Amendment 20

Column: 608

Baroness Thornton:

Column: 609

Lord Wallace of Saltaire:

Column: 610

7.30 pm

Baroness Thornton:

Column: 611

Lord Wallace of Saltaire:

Baroness Thornton:

Lord Wallace of Saltaire:

Baroness Thornton:

Column: 612

Small Businesses - Question for Short Debate

7.37 pm

Lord Risby (Con):


Column: 613


Column: 614

7.46 pm

Lord Cavendish of Furness (Con):


Column: 615

7.50 pm

Lord Shipley (LD):


Column: 616


Column: 617

7.54 pm

Baroness Byford (Con):

Column: 618

7.58 pm

The Lord Bishop of St Albans:

Column: 619

8.01 pm

Lord Leigh of Hurley (Con):

Column: 620

8.06 pm

Lord Empey (UUP):


Column: 621

8.11 pm

Lord Freeman (Con):


Column: 622

8.15 pm

Lord Borwick (Con):


Column: 623

8.19 pm

Lord Mendelsohn (Lab):


Column: 624

8.23 pm

Lord Popat (Con):


Column: 625

Column: 626


Column: 627

Deregulation Bill - Report (1st Day) (Continued)

8.36 pm

Schedule 16: Schools: reduction of burdens

Amendment 22

Column: 628

Lord Clement-Jones (LD):

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara (Lab):

Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LD):

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara:

Lord Wallace of Saltaire:


Column: 630

Lord Clement-Jones:

8.45 pm

Lord Wallace of Saltaire:


Column: 631

Lord Clement-Jones:

Lord Wallace of Saltaire:

Lord Clement-Jones:

Lord Wallace of Saltaire:

Lord Clement-Jones:

Column: 632

Schedule 17: Part to be inserted as Part 5A of the Licensing Act 2003

Amendment 23

Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe (Lab):


Column: 633

Column: 634

9 pm


Column: 635


Column: 636

Baroness Finlay of Llandaff (CB):


Column: 637

9.15 pm

Lord Wallace of Saltaire:

Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town:

Lord Wallace of Saltaire:

Column: 639


Column: 640

Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe:

Column: 641


Column: 642

Social Action, Responsibility and Heroism Bill - Returned from the Commons

Column: GC195


Column: GC195

Grand Committee [3 Feb 2015]

3.30 pm

Arrangement of Business - Announcement -

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

Care and Support (Business Failure) Regulations 2014 - Motion to Consider

3.30 pm

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


Column: GC196


Column: GC197


Column: GC198

Baroness Wheeler (Lab):


Column: GC199

3.45 pm

Column: GC200


Column: GC201


Column: GC202

Lord Lipsey (Lab):

Column: GC203

4 pm

Column: GC204


Column: GC205

Baroness Pitkeathley (Lab):


Column: GC206

Earl Howe:


Column: GC207

Column: GC208

4.15 pm

Lord Foulkes of Cumnock (Lab):

Earl Howe:


Column: GC209

Lord Foulkes of Cumnock:

Earl Howe:


Column: GC210

The Deputy Chairman of Committees:

4.25 pm
4.35 pm

The Deputy Chairman of Committees:

4.37 pm

The Deputy Chairman of Committees:

Column: GC211

Earl Howe:

Care and Support (Children’s Carers) Regulations 2014 - Motion to Consider

4.39 pm

Care and Support (Eligibility Criteria) Regulations 2014 - Motion to Consider

4.40 pm

Column: GC212

Care and Support (Market Oversight Criteria) Regulations 2014 - Motion to Consider

4.40 pm

Smoke-free (Private Vehicles) Regulations 2015 - Motion to Consider

4.41 pm

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

Column: GC213

4.45 pm

Column: GC214

Lord Ribeiro (Con):


Column: GC215

Lord Foulkes of Cumnock (Lab):

Column: GC216

Baroness Finlay of Llandaff (CB):

Column: GC217

5 pm

Baroness Tyler of Enfield (LD):

Column: GC218

Viscount Simon (Lab):

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Lab):


Column: GC219

Earl Howe:

Column: GC220

Lord Foulkes of Cumnock:

5.15 pm

Lord Ribeiro:

Column: GC221

Earl Howe:

Lord Foulkes of Cumnock:

Earl Howe:

Armed Forces Pension (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2015 - Motion to Consider

5.20 pm

Lord Newby (LD):


Column: GC222

5.22 pm
5.35 pm

Lord Newby:

Column: GC223

Lord Tunnicliffe (Lab):

Column: GC224


Column: GC225

5.45 pm

Lord Newby:

Column: GC226

Lord Tunnicliffe:

Lord Newby:

Lord Tunnicliffe:

Lord Newby:

Column: GC227

Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (England) (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2015 - Motion to Consider

5.55 pm

Police Pensions (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2015 - Motion to Consider

5.55 pm

Column: GC228

Public Service (Civil Servants and Others) Pensions (Consequential and Amendment) Regulations 2015 - Motion to Consider

5.55 pm

National Health Service Pension Scheme (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2015 - Motion to Consider

5.56 pm

Teachers’ Pension Scheme (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2015 - Motion to Consider

5.56 pm