Table of Contents for
Thursday 17 Mar 2016

Volume No. 769Part No. 128

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House of Lords

Employment: Job Creation - Question

European Union: Single Market - Question

Apprenticeships - Question

Help to Save Scheme - Question

Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment (Amendment) Bill [HL] - First Reading

Occupational Pension Schemes (Scheme Administration) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 - Motions to Approve

Child Support (Deduction Orders and Fees) (Amendment and Modification) Regulations 2016 - Motions to Approve

Automatic Enrolment (Earnings Trigger and Qualifying Earnings Band) Order 2016 - Motions to Approve

Companies (Address of Registered Office) Regulations 2016 - Motions to Approve

Registrar of Companies and Applications for Striking Off (Amendment) Regulations 2016 - Motions to Approve

Housing and Planning Bill - Committee (7th Day)

Clause 115: Assessment of accommodation needs

Amendment 82GD

Clause 116: Licences for HMO and other rented accommodation: additional tests

Amendment 83

Clause 117: Financial penalty as alternative to prosecution under Housing Act 2004

Amendment 84

Amendment 84A

Amendment 84BA

Amendment 84C

Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2016 - Motion to Approve

Housing and Planning Bill - Committee (7th Day) (Continued)

Amendment 84E

Clause 125: Designation of neighbourhood areas

Amendment 85

Amendment 87

Clause 127: Making neighbourhood development orders and plans: intervention powers

Amendment 88A

Amendment 89

Clause 130: Power to give direction to examiner of development plan document

Amendment 89ZA

Amendment 89A

Clause 131: Intervention by Secretary of State

Clause 132: Secretary of State’s default powers

Amendment 89AZC

Clause 133: Default powers exercisable by Mayor of London or combined authority

Amendment 89AA

Schedule 11: Default powers exercisable by Mayor of London or combined authority: Schedule to be inserted in the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004

Amendment 89B

Clause 134: Costs of independent examinations held by Secretary of State

Grand Committee

Arrangement of Business - Announcement

General Practitioners: Appointments - Question for Short Debate

Children: Maternal Care - Question for Short Debate

Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital: Redevelopment - Question for Short Debate

Occupied Palestinian Territories: Development - Question for Short Debate

India: Freedom of Religion - Question for Short Debate





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Thursday 17 Mar 2016

Column: 1931

House of Lords [17 Mar 2016]

11 am

Employment: Job Creation - Question

11.06 am

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

Baroness Jenkin of Kennington (Con):

Lord Freud:

Lord Grocott (Lab):

Lord Freud:

Column: 1932

Baroness Sherlock (Lab):

Lord Freud:

Lord Garel-Jones (Con):

Lord Freud:

Baroness Burt of Solihull (LD):

Lord Freud:

Lord Kilclooney (CB):

Lord Freud:

Column: 1933

Lord Blunkett (Lab):

Lord Freud:

European Union: Single Market - Question

11.14 am

Lord Ashton of Hyde (Con):

Lord Pearson of Rannoch (UKIP):

Noble Lords:

Lord Pearson of Rannoch:

Column: 1934

Lord Ashton of Hyde:

Lord Lawson of Blaby (Con):

Lord Ashton of Hyde:

Baroness Smith of Newnham (LD):

Noble Lords:

Column: 1935

Baroness Smith of Newnham:

Lord Ashton of Hyde:

Lord Howarth of Newport (Lab):

Lord Ashton of Hyde:

Lord Tebbit (Con):

Lord Ashton of Hyde:

Apprenticeships - Question

11.21 am

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

Baroness Wilcox (Con):

Column: 1936

Baroness Neville-Rolfe:

Baroness Garden of Frognal (LD):

Baroness Neville-Rolfe:

Lord Watts (Lab):

Baroness Neville-Rolfe:

Lord Aberdare (CB):

Baroness Neville-Rolfe:

Baroness Warsi (Con):

Column: 1937

Baroness Neville-Rolfe:

Baroness Whitaker (Lab):

Baroness Neville-Rolfe:

Lord Polak (Con):

Baroness Neville-Rolfe:

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara (Lab):

Baroness Neville-Rolfe:

Column: 1938

Help to Save Scheme - Question

11.29 am

Lord Ashton of Hyde (Con):

Lord Young of Cookham (Con):

Lord Ashton of Hyde:

Lord Sharkey (LD):

Lord Ashton of Hyde:

Lord Morgan (Lab):

Column: 1939

Lord Ashton of Hyde:

Baroness Sherlock (Lab):

Lord Ashton of Hyde:

Lord Scriven (LD):

Lord Ashton of Hyde:

Lord Foulkes of Cumnock (Lab):

Lord Ashton of Hyde:

The Lord Bishop of St Albans:

Lord Ashton of Hyde:

Column: 1940

Lord Cormack (Con):

Lord Ashton of Hyde:

Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment (Amendment) Bill [HL] - First Reading

11.36 am

Occupational Pension Schemes (Scheme Administration) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 - Motions to Approve

Child Support (Deduction Orders and Fees) (Amendment and Modification) Regulations 2016 - Motions to Approve

Automatic Enrolment (Earnings Trigger and Qualifying Earnings Band) Order 2016 - Motions to Approve

11.36 am

Companies (Address of Registered Office) Regulations 2016 - Motions to Approve

Registrar of Companies and Applications for Striking Off (Amendment) Regulations 2016 - Motions to Approve

11.36 am

Column: 1941

Housing and Planning Bill - Committee (7th Day)

11.38 am

Clause 115: Assessment of accommodation needs

Amendment 82GD

Lord Beecham (Lab):

Column: 1942

11.45 am

Column: 1943

The Lord Bishop of St Albans:


Column: 1944


Column: 1945

Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville (LD):

Column: 1946

Noon

Column: 1948

Baroness Whitaker (Lab):

Lord Lansley (Con):


Column: 1950

12.15 pm

Column: 1951

Baroness Whitaker:

Lord Lansley:

Baroness Young of Old Scone (Lab):

Column: 1952

Lord Stunell (LD):

Viscount Younger of Leckie (Con):

Column: 1953


Column: 1954

12.30 pm

Lord Kennedy of Southwark (Lab):


Column: 1955

Viscount Younger of Leckie:

Lord Kennedy of Southwark:

Viscount Younger of Leckie:

Lord Beecham:

Lord Lansley:

Column: 1956

Lord Beecham:

Clause 116: Licences for HMO and other rented accommodation: additional tests

Amendment 83

Lord Kennedy of Southwark:

Column: 1957

Lord Beecham:

Lord Kennedy of Southwark:

Viscount Younger of Leckie:

Column: 1958

Lord Kennedy of Southwark:

12.45 pm

Clause 117: Financial penalty as alternative to prosecution under Housing Act 2004

Amendment 84

Lord Beecham:

Column: 1959

Viscount Younger of Leckie:

Lord Campbell-Savours (Lab):

Viscount Younger of Leckie:

Baroness Gardner of Parkes (Con):

Viscount Younger of Leckie:

Column: 1960

Lord Campbell-Savours:

Viscount Younger of Leckie:

Lord Campbell-Savours:

Column: 1961

Viscount Younger of Leckie:

Lord Beecham:

Amendment 84A

Baroness Gardner of Parkes:

Column: 1962

1 pm

Lord Kennedy of Southwark:


Column: 1963

Lord Campbell-Savours:

Lord Swinfen (Con):

Column: 1964

Lord Campbell-Savours:

The Earl of Lytton (CB):

Column: 1965

Lord Campbell-Savours:

Viscount Younger of Leckie:


Column: 1966

1.15 pm

Lord Campbell-Savours:

Viscount Younger of Leckie:

Column: 1967

Baroness Gardner of Parkes:

Lord Campbell-Savours:

Baroness Gardner of Parkes:

Lord Kennedy of Southwark:

Column: 1968

Baroness Gardner of Parkes:

Amendment 84BA


Column: 1969

Column: 1970

Baroness Gardner of Parkes:

The Earl of Lytton:

Lord Campbell-Savours:

Column: 1971

1.30 pm

Lord Berkeley (Lab):


Column: 1973

Viscount Younger of Leckie:

Lord Beecham:

Viscount Younger of Leckie:

Lord Beecham:

Viscount Younger of Leckie:

Lord Beecham:

Column: 1974

1.45 pm

Lord Campbell-Savours:

Column: 1975

Viscount Younger of Leckie:

Lord Berkeley:

Viscount Younger of Leckie:

Lord Young of Cookham:

Amendment 84C

Column: 1976

Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town (Lab):

Column: 1977


Column: 1978

Lord Palmer of Childs Hill (LD):


Column: 1979

2 pm

Lord Foster of Bath (LD):

Column: 1980


Column: 1981

Viscount Younger of Leckie:

Column: 1982

Viscount Younger of Leckie:

2.15 pm

Lord Foster of Bath:

Column: 1983

Viscount Younger of Leckie:

Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town:


Column: 1984

Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2016 - Motion to Approve

2.21 pm

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


Column: 1985

Lord Rosser (Lab):


Column: 1986

2.30 pm

Column: 1987

Lord Bates:


Column: 1988

2.39 pm

Column: 1989


Housing and Planning Bill - Committee (7th Day) (Continued)

2.51 pm

Amendment 84E

Baroness Gardner of Parkes (Con):


Column: 1990

Lord Beecham (Lab):

Lord Campbell-Savours (Lab):

Column: 1991

3 pm

Baroness Gardner of Parkes:


Column: 1992

Lord Campbell-Savours:

Baroness Gardner of Parkes:

Lord Campbell-Savours:

Baroness Gardner of Parkes:

Column: 1993

Viscount Younger of Leckie (Con):


Column: 1994

Column: 1995

Lord Campbell-Savours:

Viscount Younger of Leckie:

3.15 pm

Baroness Gardner of Parkes:

Lord Campbell-Savours:

Column: 1996

Baroness Gardner of Parkes:

Clause 125: Designation of neighbourhood areas

Amendment 85

Lord Greaves (LD):

Column: 1997


Column: 1998

3.30 pm

Lord True (Con):

Column: 1999


Column: 2000

The Earl of Lytton (CB):


Column: 2001

Column: 2002

3.45 pm

Column: 2003

Lord Beecham:

Baroness Evans of Bowes Park:


Column: 2004


Column: 2005

Lord True:

Column: 2006

Lord Greaves:

4 pm

Column: 2007

Baroness Evans of Bowes Park:

Lord Greaves:

Amendment 87

Column: 2008

Lord Greaves:

Column: 2009

Lord Shipley (LD):


Column: 2010

4.15 pm

Lord True:

Column: 2011

Lord Foster of Bath (LD):


Column: 2012


Column: 2013

Lord Beecham:


Column: 2014

4.30 pm

Lord Shipley:

Lord Beecham:


Column: 2015

Lord Shipley:

Baroness Hollis of Heigham (Lab):

Column: 2016

Baroness Evans of Bowes Park:


Column: 2017


Column: 2018

4.45 pm

Lord Hunt of Chesterton (Lab):

Baroness Evans of Bowes Park:

Column: 2019

Lord Foster of Bath:

Baroness Evans of Bowes Park:

Baroness Hollis of Heigham:

Lord Kennedy of Southwark (Lab):

Lord Greaves:


Column: 2020

Column: 2021

Clause 127: Making neighbourhood development orders and plans: intervention powers

Amendment 88A

Baroness Parminter (LD):

Column: 2022

Column: 2023

5 pm

Lord Best (CB):


Column: 2024

Lord Greaves:

Column: 2025

Lord True:

5.15 pm

Baroness Parminter:

Lord True:

Lord Kennedy of Southwark:

Column: 2027

Baroness Evans of Bowes Park:


Column: 2028

Column: 2029

Baroness Evans of Bowes Park:

Baroness Parminter:

Amendment 89

Lord Kennedy of Southwark:

Lord Campbell-Savours:

Column: 2030

5.30 pm

Column: 2031

Column: 2032


Column: 2033

Lord True:


Column: 2034

5.45 pm

Column: 2035

The Earl of Lytton:


Column: 2036


Column: 2037

6 pm

Column: 2038

Viscount Younger of Leckie:


Column: 2039

Column: 2040

Lord Kennedy of Southwark:

Viscount Younger of Leckie:

Lord Kennedy of Southwark:

Viscount Younger of Leckie:


Column: 2041

Lord Campbell-Savours:

Viscount Younger of Leckie:

Lord True:

6.15 pm

Column: 2042

Lord Kennedy of Southwark:


Column: 2043

Clause 130: Power to give direction to examiner of development plan document

Amendment 89ZA

Lord Shipley:

Column: 2044

Viscount Younger of Leckie:


Column: 2045

Lord Shipley:

Amendment 89A

Column: 2046

6.30 pm

Viscount Younger of Leckie:

Column: 2047

Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville:

Clause 131: Intervention by Secretary of State

Clause 132: Secretary of State’s default powers

Amendment 89AZC

Lord Greaves:

Lord Deben (Con):

Column: 2048

Lord Greaves:

Viscount Younger of Leckie:


Column: 2049

Lord Kennedy of Southwark:

Viscount Younger of Leckie:

Column: 2050

Lord Kennedy of Southwark:

Lord Greaves:

6.45 pm

Clause 133: Default powers exercisable by Mayor of London or combined authority

Amendment 89AA

Lord Greaves:

Column: 2051


Column: 2052

Lord Stunell (LD):

Viscount Younger of Leckie:


Column: 2053

Lord Greaves:

Column: 2054

7 pm

Column: 2055

Schedule 11: Default powers exercisable by Mayor of London or combined authority: Schedule to be inserted in the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004

Amendment 89B

Lord True:

Column: 2056

Viscount Younger of Leckie:

Column: 2057

Lord True:

Column: 2058

Clause 134: Costs of independent examinations held by Secretary of State

Column: GC245

Grand Committee [17 Mar 2016]

Arrangement of Business - Announcement

1 pm

The Deputy Chairman of Committees (Baroness Henig) (Lab):

General Practitioners: Appointments - Question for Short Debate

1 pm

Earl Attlee (Con):


Column: GC246

Column: GC247

1.08 pm

Lord Turnberg (Lab):

Column: GC248

1.12 pm

Lord Rennard (LD):


Column: GC249


Column: GC250

1.20 pm

Viscount Bridgeman (Con):


Column: GC251


Column: GC252

1.27 pm

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Lab):

Column: GC253


Column: GC254

1.36 pm

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


Column: GC255

Column: GC256

Column: GC257

1.51 pm

Children: Maternal Care - Question for Short Debate

2 pm

Column: GC258

The Earl of Dundee (Con):


Column: GC259

2.07 pm

Baroness Barker (LD):

Column: GC260


Column: GC261

2.15 pm

The Earl of Listowel (CB):


Column: GC262


Column: GC263


Column: GC264

2.25 pm

The Lord Bishop of Worcester:


Column: GC265

Column: GC266

2.31 pm

Lord Watson of Invergowrie (Lab):


Column: GC267

Column: GC268

2.40 pm

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Education (Lord Nash) (Con):

Column: GC269


Column: GC270


Column: GC271

2.49 pm
Sitting suspended.

Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital: Redevelopment - Question for Short Debate

3 pm

Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde (Lab):


Column: GC272

Column: GC273


Column: GC274

3.11 pm

Lord Tebbit (Con):

Column: GC275

3.15 pm

Baroness Ludford (LD):


Column: GC276

3.21 pm

Lord Lansley (Con):

Column: GC277

Column: GC278

3.27 pm

Lord Dykes (Non-Afl):


Column: GC279

3.30 pm

Lord Finkelstein (Con):

Column: GC280

3.33 pm

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Lab):


Column: GC281


Column: GC282

3.39 pm

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


Column: GC283


Column: GC284

Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde:

Lord Prior of Brampton:

Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde:

Lord Prior of Brampton:

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

3.49 pm

Column: GC285

Occupied Palestinian Territories: Development - Question for Short Debate

4 pm

Lord Hylton (CB):


Column: GC286

4.08 pm

Lord Cope of Berkeley (Con):

Column: GC287

4.10 pm

Lord Judd (Lab):


Column: GC288

Lord Gardiner of Kimble (Con):

4.15 pm

Baroness Ludford (LD):

4.17 pm

Baroness Morris of Bolton (Con):

Column: GC289

4.19 pm

The Lord Bishop of Worcester:


Column: GC290

4.21 pm

Lord Popat (Con):

4.23 pm

Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale (Lab):

Column: GC291

4.25 pm

Lord Polak (Con):


Column: GC292

4.28 pm

Lord Turnberg (Lab):

4.30 pm

Lord Sheikh (Con):

Column: GC293

4.32 pm

Baroness Tonge (Ind LD):

4.34 pm

Baroness Rawlings (Con):

Column: GC294

4.36 pm

Lord Gold (Con):


Column: GC295

4.39 pm

Lord Robathan (Con):

4.40 pm

Column: GC296

4.42 pm

Lord Gardiner of Kimble (Con):

Column: GC297


Column: GC298


Column: GC299

4.57 pm

India: Freedom of Religion - Question for Short Debate

5 pm

Column: GC300

Lord Singh of Wimbledon (CB):


Column: GC301

Column: GC302

5.10 pm

Baroness Berridge (Con):

Column: GC303

5.16 pm

Lord Hussain (LD):

Column: GC304

5.21 pm

Lord Harries of Pentregarth (CB):

Column: GC305

Column: GC306

5.25 pm

Lord Sheikh (Con):


Column: GC307

5.30 pm

Lord Ahmed (Non-Afl):


Column: GC308

5.36 pm

Lord Popat (Con):

Column: GC309


Column: GC310

5.41 pm

Lord Collins of Highbury (Lab):


Column: GC311

5.48 pm

The Earl of Courtown (Con):


Column: GC312


Column: GC313


Column: GC314