Table of Contents for
Monday 29 Feb 2016

Volume No. 769Part No. 116

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House of Lords

Sudan - Question

Migration - Question

Health: Black and Minority Ethnic Psychiatric Patients - Question

Railways: New Lines - Question

Armed Forces Bill - Order of Consideration Motion

Welfare Reform and Work Bill - Commons Reasons and Amendment

Motion A


Motion B1 (as an amendment to Motion B)

Motion C

Motion C1 (as an amendment to Motion C)

Motion D

Calais: Child Refugees - Statement

Scotland Bill - Report (2nd Day)

Clause 42: Policing of railways and railway property

Clause 43: British Transport Police: cross-border public authorities

Amendment 44

Clause 45: Onshore petroleum: consequential amendments

Amendment 45

Amendment 46

Amendment 47

Clause 58: Renewable electricity incentive schemes: consultation

Amendment 56ZA

Clause 13: Power of Scottish Parliament to set rates of income tax

Amendment 56A

Clause 15: Consequential amendments: income tax

Amendment 56F

Clause 19: Devolved taxes: further provision

Amendments 56K and 56L

Clause 29: Employment support

Clause 68: Power to make consequential, transitional and saving provision

Amendment 61

Amendment 62A

Amendment 62C

Amendments 65A and 65B

Clause 69: Commencement

Amendment 71A

Amendments 71AB and 71AC





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names of speakers in the Lords Hansard text for
Monday 29 Feb 2016

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House of Lords [29 Feb 2016]

2.30 pm

Sudan - Question

2.36 pm

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for International Development (Baroness Verma) (Con):

Baroness Cox (CB):

Baroness Verma:

Lord Chidgey (LD):

Column: 574

Baroness Verma:

Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead (Lab):

Baroness Verma:

Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB):

Baroness Verma:

The Lord Bishop of Durham:

Baroness Verma:

Column: 575

Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean (Lab):

Baroness Verma:

Lord Lexden (Con):

Baroness Verma:

Lord Collins of Highbury (Lab):

Baroness Verma:

Column: 576

Migration - Question

2.45 pm

The Minister of State, Home Office (Lord Bates) (Con):

Lord Green of Deddington (CB):

Lord Bates:

Lord Pearson of Rannoch (UKIP):

Lord Bates:

Column: 577

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (Con):

Lord Bates:

Lord Tomlinson (Lab):

Lord Bates:

The Earl of Listowel (CB):

Lord Bates:

Column: 578

Health: Black and Minority Ethnic Psychiatric Patients - Question

2.51 pm

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Lord Prior of Brampton) (Con):

Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon (Lab):

Lord Prior of Brampton:

Baroness Hussein-Ece (LD):

Column: 579

Lord Prior of Brampton:

Baroness Berridge (Con):

Lord Prior of Brampton:

Lord Patel of Bradford (Lab):

Lord Prior of Brampton:

Lord Watts (Lab):

Column: 580

Lord Prior of Brampton:

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Lab):

Lord Prior of Brampton:

Railways: New Lines - Question

2.58 pm

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

Lord Berkeley (Lab):

Column: 581

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon:

Lord Spicer (Con):

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon:

Baroness Randerson (LD):

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon:

Lord Faulkner of Worcester (Lab):

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon:

Column: 582

Lord Young of Cookham (Con):

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon:

Lord Lexden (Con):

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon:

Lord Rosser (Lab):

Column: 583

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon:

Armed Forces Bill - Order of Consideration Motion

3.06 pm

Welfare Reform and Work Bill - Commons Reasons and Amendment

3.07 pm

Motion A

Column: 584

The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions (Lord Freud) (Con):


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3.15 pm

The Lord Bishop of Durham:

Column: 587

Baroness Manzoor (LD):

Column: 588

Baroness Lister of Burtersett (Lab):

Column: 589

The Earl of Listowel (CB):

Column: 590

3.30 pm

The Lord Bishop of Portsmouth:


Baroness Sherlock (Lab):

Column: 591

Lord Freud:


Column: 592


Lord Freud:

Column: 593

3.45 pm

Column: 594


Column: 595


Column: 596

Motion B1 (as an amendment to Motion B)

Lord Low of Dalston (CB):


Column: 597

4 pm

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Column: 599

Baroness Campbell of Surbiton (CB):


Column: 600

4.15 pm

Column: 601

Baroness Manzoor (LD):


Column: 602

Lord Young of Cookham (Con):

Column: 603

Baroness Lister of Burtersett (Lab):

Column: 604

4.30 pm

Baroness Meacher (CB):


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Column: 606

Lord Lansley (Con):

Column: 607

Baroness Thomas of Winchester (LD):

4.45 pm

Baroness Grey-Thompson (CB):

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Column: 610

Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope:


Column: 611

Lord McKenzie of Luton (Lab):


Column: 612

5 pm

Column: 613

Lord Freud:

Baroness Meacher:

Lord Freud:


Column: 614

Noble Lords:

Lord Freud:

Column: 615

5.15 pm

Lord Low of Dalston:


Column: 616

5.23 pm

Division on Motion B1Contents 289; Not-Contents 219. [See col. 639 for explanation of mistake in voting figures.]Motion B1 agreed.

Division No. 1 [] [29 Feb 2016]

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5.40 pm

Motion C

Motion C1 (as an amendment to Motion C)

Column: 621

Motion D

Lord Freud:

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Column: 623

Lord McKenzie of Luton:

Lord Freud:

Calais: Child Refugees - Statement

5.47 pm

The Minister of State, Home Office (Lord Bates) (Con):


Column: 624

5.50 pm

Lord Rosser (Lab):


Column: 625

Lord Bates:

Lord Paddick (LD):

Lord Bates:

Column: 626

Lord Hylton (CB):

Lord Bates:

Lord Cormack (Con):

Lord Bates:

Lord Dubs (Lab):

Lord Bates:

Column: 627

The Lord Bishop of Durham:

Lord Bates:

Lord Roberts of Llandudno (LD):

Lord Bates:

Scotland Bill - Report (2nd Day)

6.01 pm

Clause 42: Policing of railways and railway property

Lord Faulkner of Worcester (Lab):

Column: 628

Clause 43: British Transport Police: cross-border public authorities

Amendment 44

Lord Empey (UUP):

Clause 45: Onshore petroleum: consequential amendments

Amendment 45

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Scotland Office (Lord Dunlop) (Con):

Column: 629

Lord Wallace of Tankerness (LD):


Column: 630


Column: 631

6.15 pm

Lord Dunlop:

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Column: 633

Amendment 46

Amendment 47

Column: 634

Lord Wallace of Tankerness:

Clause 58: Renewable electricity incentive schemes: consultation

Amendment 56ZA

Lord Forsyth of Drumlean (Con):

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Column: 636

6.30 pm

Column: 637

Column: 638

A Noble Lord:

Lord Forsyth of Drumlean:

6.45 pm

The Deputy Speaker (Lord Haskel) (Lab):

Lord Wallace of Tankerness:

Column: 640


Column: 641

Lord Forsyth of Drumlean:

Lord Wallace of Tankerness:


Column: 642

Lord Hope of Craighead (CB):

Lord Wallace of Tankerness:

Lord Hope of Craighead:

Column: 643

Lord Lang of Monkton (Con):


Column: 644

7 pm

Column: 645

Lord Empey:


Column: 646

Lord Forsyth of Drumlean:

Lord Empey:

Lord MacGregor of Pulham Market (Con):


Column: 647

7.15 pm

Lord Higgins (Con):

Column: 648

Lord Cormack (Con):


Column: 649

Lord McCluskey (CB):

Column: 650

Lord Higgins:

Lord McCluskey:


Column: 651

7.30 pm

Lord Hope of Craighead:

Lord McCluskey:

Lord Campbell of Pittenweem (LD):

The Earl of Kinnoull (CB):

Column: 652

Lord Kerr of Kinlochard (CB):


Column: 653

The Earl of Caithness (Con):


Column: 654

Lord McCluskey:

The Earl of Caithness:

7.45 pm

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (Con):


Column: 655

Lord Turnbull (CB):

Column: 656

Column: 657

Lord Hollick (Lab):


Column: 658

8 pm

Lord McFall of Alcluith (Lab):

Lord Forsyth of Drumlean:

Lord McFall of Alcluith:


Column: 660

Lord Higgins:

Lord McFall of Alcluith:

Column: 661

Lord Dunlop:

8.15 pm

Column: 662

Lord Forsyth of Drumlean:

Lord Dunlop:

Lord McFall of Alcluith:

Lord Dunlop:

Column: 663

Lord Wallace of Tankerness:

Lord Dunlop:

Lord Higgins:

Lord Dunlop:

Column: 664

Lord Wallace of Tankerness:

Lord Dunlop:

Lord Forsyth of Drumlean:

Lord Dunlop:

Lord Cormack:

Column: 665

Lord Dunlop:

8.30 pm

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering:

Lord Dunlop:

Lord Forsyth of Drumlean:

Lord Higgins:

Lord Forsyth of Drumlean:

Lord Dunlop:

Lord Higgins:

Lord Dunlop:

Column: 666

Lord Forsyth of Drumlean:

Lord Dunlop:

Lord Forsyth of Drumlean:

Lord Dunlop:

Column: 667

Lord Forsyth of Drumlean:

Lord Higgins:

Lord Forsyth of Drumlean:

8.38 pm

Division on Amendment 56ZAContents 29; Not-Contents 145.Amendment 56ZA disagreed.

Division No. 2 [] [29 Feb 2016]

Column: 668

Column: 669

8.50 pm

Clause 13: Power of Scottish Parliament to set rates of income tax

Amendment 56A

Lord Dunlop:


Column: 670

Lord Sanderson of Bowden (Con):


Column: 671

Lord McCluskey (CB):

9 pm

Lord Higgins:

Column: 672

Lord Kerr of Kinlochard:

Column: 673

The Earl of Kinnoull:


Column: 674

9.15 pm

Lord McAvoy (Lab):


Column: 675

Lord Dunlop:

Column: 676

Column: 677

Column: 678

Clause 15: Consequential amendments: income tax

Amendment 56F

Column: 679

Lord McAvoy:

9.30 pm

Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope (LD):

Column: 680


Column: 681

Lord Hope of Craighead:

Lord Forsyth of Drumlean:

Column: 682

Lord Dunlop:


Column: 683

9.45 pm

Lord McAvoy:

Lord Dunlop:


Column: 684


Column: 685

Lord Forsyth of Drumlean:

Lord Dunlop:

Lord Forsyth of Drumlean:

Lord Dunlop:

Lord McAvoy:

Column: 686

Clause 19: Devolved taxes: further provision

Amendments 56K and 56L

Column: 687

Clause 29: Employment support

Clause 68: Power to make consequential, transitional and saving provision

Amendment 61

Lord Hope of Craighead:

10 pm

Lord Stephen (LD):

Column: 688

Lord Forsyth of Drumlean:

Lord McFall of Alcluith:


Column: 689

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


Column: 690

Amendment 62A

Amendment 62C

Amendments 65A and 65B

Column: 691

Clause 69: Commencement

Amendment 71A

Column: 692

Amendments 71AB and 71AC