Table of Contents for
Monday 7 Sep 2015

Volume No. 764Part No. 38

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House of Lords

Deaths and Retirements of Members - Announcement

Debt Management Advice - Question

House of Lords: Membership - Question

Disabled Children: Sexual Exploitation - Question

Airports Commission - Question

Chairman of Committees - Motion to Appoint

Energy Bill [HL] - Committee (1st Day)

Clause 2: Transfer of functions to the OGA

Amendment 1

Schedule: Transfer of functions to the OGA

Amendment 1A

Amendments 1B to 1F

Amendment 2

Clause 4: Matters to which the OGA must have regard

Amendment 3A

Syria: Refugees and Counterterrorism - Statement

Energy Bill [HL] - Committee (1st Day) (Continued)

Clause 5: Directions: national security and public interest

Amendment 12

Amendment 16

Amendments 17 to 19

Clause 9: Interpretation of Part 2

Clause 19: Petroleum-related information and samples

Amendment 24

Clause 21: Retention: supplementary

Clause 25: Information and samples plans: supplementary

Clause 26: Power of the OGA to require information and samples

Clause 27: Disclosure of information and provision of samples

Clause 28: Timing of disclosure etc: supplementary

Amendment 31

Arrangement of Business - Announcement

Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 - Motion to Regret

Grand Committee

Arrangement of Business - Announcement

Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Temporary Class Drug) (No. 2) Order 2015 - Motion to Consider

Merchant Shipping (Alcohol) (Prescribed Limits Amendment) Regulations 2015 - Motion to Consider

Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (England) Regulations 2015 - Motion to Consider

Civil Legal Aid (Merits Criteria) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 - Motion to Consider

Scotland Act 1998 (Modification of Schedules 4 and 5) Order 2015 - Motion to Consider

Armed Forces Act (Continuation) Order 2015 - Motion to Consider

Consumer Rights Act 2015 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2015 - Motion to Consider

Enterprise Act 2002 (Part 8 Domestic Infringements) Order 2015 - Motion to Consider





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names of speakers in the Lords Hansard text for
Monday 7 Sep 2015

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House of Lords [7 Sep 2015]

2.30 pm

Deaths and Retirements of Members - Announcement

2.36 pm

The Lord Speaker (Baroness D'Souza):

Debt Management Advice - Question

2.38 pm

Lord Ashton of Hyde (Con):

Lord Sharkey (LD):

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Lord Ashton of Hyde:

Baroness Kramer (LD):

Lord Ashton of Hyde:

Lord Davies of Oldham (Lab):

Lord Ashton of Hyde:

The Lord Bishop of St Albans:

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Lord Ashton of Hyde:

Lord Low of Dalston (CB):

Lord Ashton of Hyde:

House of Lords: Membership - Question

2.45 pm

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

Lord Rennard (LD):

Baroness Stowell of Beeston:

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Baroness Trumpington (Con):

Baroness Stowell of Beeston:

Lord Reid of Cardowan (Lab):

Baroness Stowell of Beeston:

Lord Cormack (Con):

Baroness Stowell of Beeston:

Lord Grocott (Lab):

Baroness Stowell of Beeston:

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Lord Forsyth of Drumlean (Con):

Baroness Stowell of Beeston:

Lord Tyler (LD):

Baroness Stowell of Beeston:

Baroness Smith of Basildon (Lab):

Baroness Stowell of Beeston:

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Disabled Children: Sexual Exploitation - Question

2.54 pm

Baroness Benjamin (LD):

Lord Ashton of Hyde (Con):

Baroness Benjamin:

Lord Ashton of Hyde:

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Baroness Howarth of Breckland (CB):

Lord Ashton of Hyde:

Baroness Uddin (Non-Afl):

Lord Ashton of Hyde:

Lord Wigley (PC):

Lord Ashton of Hyde:

Lord Wigley:

Lord Ashton of Hyde:

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The Lord Bishop of Peterborough:

Lord Ashton of Hyde:

Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall (Lab):

Lord Ashton of Hyde:

Airports Commission - Question

3.01 pm

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Transport and Home Office (Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon) (Con):

Lord Spicer (Con):

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Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon:

Lord Soley (Lab):

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon:

Baroness Randerson (LD):

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon:

Lord Bilimoria (CB):

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon:

Earl Attlee (Con):

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Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon:

Lord Clinton-Davis (Lab):

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon:

Lord Davies of Oldham (Lab):

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon:

Lord Foulkes of Cumnock (Lab):

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

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Baroness Falkner of Margravine (LD):

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon:

Chairman of Committees - Motion to Appoint

3.09 pm

Energy Bill [HL] - Committee (1st Day)

3.10 pm

Baroness Worthington (Lab):

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Lord Foulkes of Cumnock (Lab):

Lord Taylor of Holbeach (Con):


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3.15 pm

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Energy and Climate Change and Wales Office (Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth) (Con):

Clause 2: Transfer of functions to the OGA

Amendment 1


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Lord Howell of Guildford (Con):

3.30 pm

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Lord Oxburgh (CB):


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Baroness Liddell of Coatdyke (Lab):

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Lord Deben (Con):


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3.45 pm

Baroness Maddock (LD):


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Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth:


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Lord Deben:

Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth:


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4 pm

Lord Howell of Guildford:

Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth:

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Baroness Byford (Con):

Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth:

Baroness Worthington:

Lord Oxburgh:

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Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth:

Schedule: Transfer of functions to the OGA

Amendment 1A

Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth:

Baroness Worthington:

Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth:

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Amendments 1B to 1F

Amendment 2

Baroness Worthington:

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4.15 pm

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Lord Howell of Guildford:


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Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth:

Baroness Worthington:


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Clause 4: Matters to which the OGA must have regard

Amendment 3A

Baroness Byford (Con):

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4.30 pm

Baroness Worthington:


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Baroness Maddock:

Baroness Young of Old Scone (Lab):

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Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth:


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4.45 pm

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Baroness Worthington:

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Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth:

Baroness Byford:

Syria: Refugees and Counterterrorism - Statement

4.52 pm

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

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5.08 pm

Baroness Smith of Basildon (Lab):

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Lord Wallace of Tankerness (LD):

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Baroness Stowell of Beeston:


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Lord Ashton of Hyde (Con):

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5.33 pm

Lord Dubs (Lab):

Baroness Stowell of Beeston:

Baroness Chalker of Wallasey (Con):

Baroness Stowell of Beeston:

Lord Wright of Richmond (CB):

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Baroness Stowell of Beeston:

Lord Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon (LD):

Baroness Stowell of Beeston:

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The Archbishop of Canterbury:

Baroness Stowell of Beeston:

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Lord Anderson of Swansea (Lab):

Baroness Stowell of Beeston:

Lord Blencathra (Con):

Baroness Stowell of Beeston:

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Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean (Lab):

Lord Kerr of Kinlochard (CB):

Lord Ashton of Hyde:

Lord Kerr of Kinlochard:

Baroness Stowell of Beeston:

Noble Lords:

Baroness Stowell of Beeston:

Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LD):

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Baroness Stowell of Beeston:

Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws (Lab):

Lord Davies of Stamford (Lab):

Lord Taylor of Holbeach (Con):

Lord Davies of Stamford:


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Lord Ashton of Hyde:

Baroness Stowell of Beeston:

Lord Higgins (Con):

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Baroness Stowell of Beeston:

Lord Green of Deddington (CB):

Lord Ashton of Hyde:

Lord Green of Deddington:

Baroness Stowell of Beeston:

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Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean:

Baroness Stowell of Beeston:

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Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville (LD):

Lord Boateng (Lab):

Lord Deben (Con):

Lord Ashton of Hyde:

Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville:

Baroness Stowell of Beeston:

Lord Boateng:

Lord Deben:

Lord Ashton of Hyde:

Lord Deben:

Baroness Stowell of Beeston:

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Energy Bill [HL] - Committee (1st Day) (Continued)

6.15 pm

Clause 5: Directions: national security and public interest

Amendment 12

Baroness Worthington (Lab):


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Lord Whitty (Lab):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Energy and Climate Change and Wales Office (Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth) (Con):

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Baroness Maddock (LD):

Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth:


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6.30 pm

Lord Whitty:

Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth:

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Baroness Worthington:

Amendment 16

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Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth:


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Baroness Byford (Con):

Baroness Worthington:

Baroness Byford:

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Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth:

Amendments 17 to 19

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Clause 9: Interpretation of Part 2

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Clause 19: Petroleum-related information and samples

Amendment 24

6.45 pm

Lord Whitty:

Baroness Liddell of Coatdyke:

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Baroness Byford:

Baroness Worthington:

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7 pm

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Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth:


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Baroness Byford:

Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth:

Lord Whitty:

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7.15 pm

Clause 21: Retention: supplementary

Clause 25: Information and samples plans: supplementary

Clause 26: Power of the OGA to require information and samples

Clause 27: Disclosure of information and provision of samples

Clause 28: Timing of disclosure etc: supplementary

Amendment 31

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Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth:

Baroness Worthington:


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Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth:

7.22 pm

Arrangement of Business - Announcement

7.30 pm

Baroness Evans of Bowes Park (Con):

Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 - Motion to Regret

7.30 pm

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Lord Beecham (Lab):

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

7.45 pm

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Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede (Lab):

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Lord Carlile of Berriew (LD):

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8 pm

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Lord Cotter (LD):

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8.15 pm

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


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8.30 pm

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Lord Beecham:

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Grand Committee [7 Sep 2015]

Arrangement of Business - Announcement

3.30 pm

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

Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Temporary Class Drug) (No. 2) Order 2015 - Motion to Consider

3.30 pm

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Transport and Home Office (Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon) (Con):


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Lord Rosser (Lab):


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Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon:


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3.45 pm

Lord Rosser:

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Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon:

Merchant Shipping (Alcohol) (Prescribed Limits Amendment) Regulations 2015 - Motion to Consider

3.48 pm

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Transport and Home Office (Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon) (Con):


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Lord Rosser (Lab):


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Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon:


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Lord Berkeley (Lab):

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon:

Lord Rosser:

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Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon:

Lord Greenway (CB):

Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (England) Regulations 2015 - Motion to Consider

4.03 pm

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

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Baroness Finlay of Llandaff (CB):


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4.15 pm

Lord Marlesford (Con):

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Lord Crickhowell (Con):

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4.30 pm

Baroness O'Cathain (Con):


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Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Lab):


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4.45 pm

Lord Beecham (Lab):


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Baroness Williams of Trafford:

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Lord Crickhowell:

Baroness Williams of Trafford:

Lord Marlesford:

Baroness Williams of Trafford:

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath:

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5 pm

Baroness Williams of Trafford:

Lord Beecham:

Baroness Williams of Trafford:

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Lord Beecham:

Baroness Williams of Trafford:

Baroness Finlay of Llandaff:

Baroness Williams of Trafford:

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath:

Baroness Williams of Trafford:

Lord Marlesford:

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Baroness Williams of Trafford:

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

Lord Marlesford:

The Deputy Chairman of Committees:

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath:

The Deputy Chairman of Committees:

Baroness O'Cathain:

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath:

The Deputy Chairman of Committees:

Lord Marlesford:

Baroness Finlay of Llandaff:

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Civil Legal Aid (Merits Criteria) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 - Motion to Consider

5.12 pm

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

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5.15 pm

Lord Beecham (Lab):


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Lord Faulks:

Scotland Act 1998 (Modification of Schedules 4 and 5) Order 2015 - Motion to Consider

5.23 pm

The Advocate-General for Scotland (Lord Keen of Elie) (Con):

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5.30 pm

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Lord McAvoy (Lab):

Lord Steel of Aikwood (LD):

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Lord Keen of Elie:

Armed Forces Act (Continuation) Order 2015 - Motion to Consider

5.39 pm

The Minister of State, Ministry of Defence (Earl Howe) (Con):


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Lord Rosser (Lab):


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5.45 pm

Baroness Jolly (LD):


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Earl Howe:

Lord Rosser:

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Earl Howe:

Lord Rosser:

Earl Howe:

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Consumer Rights Act 2015 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2015 - Motion to Consider

5.58 pm

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and Department for Culture, Media and Sport (Baroness Neville-Rolfe) (Con):


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Lord Moynihan (Con):


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Lord Stevenson of Balmacara (Lab):

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6.15 pm

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Lord Taylor of Warwick (Non-Afl):

Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town (Lab):


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6.30 pm

Baroness Neville-Rolfe:

Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town:

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Baroness Neville-Rolfe:

Lord Moynihan:

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara:


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Baroness Neville-Rolfe:

6.45 pm

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Lord Taylor of Warwick:

Baroness Neville-Rolfe:

Lord Taylor of Warwick:

Baroness Neville-Rolfe:

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Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town:

Baroness Neville-Rolfe:

Enterprise Act 2002 (Part 8 Domestic Infringements) Order 2015 - Motion to Consider

6.49 pm