House of Lords Business

Tuesday 26 April 2016 at 2.30pm

*Oral Questions, 30 minutes

*Lord Clement-Jones to ask Her Majesty’s Government what measures they are undertaking to ensure that small businesses can protect their intellectual property and reduce the legal costs of enforcing it, in the light of World Intellectual Property Day.

*Baroness Sharp of Guildford to ask Her Majesty’s Government what considerations have led them to recommend the abolition of the statutory position of parent governors on school and academy governing boards

*Lord Harris of Haringey to ask Her Majesty’s Government why, when advertising the post of Chair of Healthwatch England, the Department of Health stipulated that the successful candidate would require private sector experience, and why the governance arrangements for Healthwatch England have been changed so that its Chief Executive is subordinate to the Chief Executive of the Care Quality Commission.

†*Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their response to the Royal College of Surgeons report showing that Clinical Commissioning Groups are rationing treatments by the use of restrictions on routine surgery for patients who smoke or who are overweight or clinically obese.

†Driving Instructors (Registration) Bill Committee [Earl Attlee]

†Earl Attlee to move that the order of commitment be discharged.

Energy Bill [HL] Consideration of Commons Reason [Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth]

†Immigration Bill Consideration of Commons Reasons and Amendments [Earl Howe]

Northern Ireland (Stormont Agreement and Implementation Plan) Bill Report [Lord Dunlop]

Future Business 

Wednesday 27 April at 3.00pm

*Baroness Jenkin of Kennington to ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to prioritise the wellbeing of children when their parents are going through separation.

*Baroness McDonagh to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the recently published figures from the Department for Communities and Local Government are correct in stating that in 2009–10 Her Majesty’s Government built 33,000 social rent properties that were let at 40–50 per cent of market rent, and spent £22.4 billion in real terms on housing benefit, and that in 2014–15 they are predicted to have built 9,600 social rent properties that were let at 40–50 per cent of market rent, and to have spent £24.7 billion on housing benefit.

*Lord Strasburger to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether clause 217 of the Investigatory Powers Bill will give them the power to force a company to break its own encryption in a similar manner to the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation’s abandoned attempt to make Apple break the security of an iPhone.

†*Baroness Randerson to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, as part of their decision on expansion of airports in the South East, they are considering the figures from Transport for London that upgrades to rail and roads will cost £16 billion more than estimated by Heathrow.

†§Housing and Planning Bill Third Reading [Baroness Williams of Trafford]

Armed Forces Bill Report [Earl Howe] 21st and 26th Reports from the Delegated Powers Committee

Grand Committee in the Moses Room at 3.45pm

Modern Slavery Act 2015 (Code of Practice) Regulations 2016 Consideration in Grand Committee [Lord Keen of Elie]

Immigration (Leave to Enter and Remain) (Amendment) Order 2016 Consideration in Grand Committee [Lord Keen of Elie]

†Limited Liability Partnerships, Partnerships and Groups (Accounts and Audit) Regulations 2016 Consideration in Grand Committee [The Earl of Courtown]

Nuclear Installations (Liability for Damage) Order 2016 Consideration in Grand Committee [Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth]

Crown Court (Recording) Order 2016 Consideration in Grand Committee [Lord Faulks]

†Education (Repeal of Arrangements for Vocational Qualifications Awarded or Authenticated in Northern Ireland) Order 2016 Consideration in Grand Committee [Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen]

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering to ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the state of the rural economy. (1 hour)

Thursday 28 April at 11.00am

*Baroness Tyler of Enfield to ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment has been undertaken of the likely impact on the quality of mental health care of removing mental health quality premium measures from NHS England’s Quality Premium Guidance for 2016–17.

*Baroness Wheatcroft to ask Her Majesty’s Government how many people they expect to benefit from the new state pension, and what will be the average increase per person.

*Baroness Featherstone to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the funding for the new interferon-free Hepatitis C treatment will come from the National Health Service or HM Treasury.

Topical oral question. Ballot to be drawn at 1pm on Tuesday 26 April.

†Transport for London Bill [HL] Consideration of Commons Amendments

†Unless any Lord objects the Chairman of Committees intends to move all the amendments en bloc. The amendments are available in the Printed Paper Office.

If the Report stage of the Northern Ireland (Stormont Agreement and Implementation Plan) Bill has concluded, it is expected that the Bill will be read a Third time.

Lord O’Neill of Gatley to move that this House takes note of the steps Her Majesty’s Government are taking to build a stronger economy.

Tuesday 3 May at 2.30pm

*Lord Watson of Invergowrie to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether there is any evidence that academies automatically perform better than local authority maintained schools, particularly those that are already categorised as high-performing.

*Lord Whitty to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to introduce any safeguards as part of their reform of the local government pension scheme (LGPS) in order to ensure that British wealth funds conduct their investment strategies solely in the interest of their LGPS members.

*Lord Triesman to ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the current and long-term crises in the governance of a number of sports, including allegations of corruption and doping, whether they intend to introduce legislation to establish standards by which sports governing bodies should conduct their affairs in order to restore public confidence in the fairness and efficacy of competition.

Wednesday 4 May at 3.00pm

*Lord Bird to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will conduct audits of the poverty programmes they support, and publish the results; and if not, why not.

*Lord Bradshaw to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to amend the Railways Act 1993 in order to oblige the Office of Rail and Road, when deciding an open access application, to take into account the interests of passengers, of the public purse and of subsequent franchise competitions.

*Lord Lennie to ask Her Majesty’s Government what measures they are taking to improve access to apprenticeships that offer career progression and high skill employment, particularly for those under 26 years old.

Thursday 5 May at 11.00am

*Lord Harries of Pentregarth to ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to take forward the recommendations of the report Third Party Election Campaigning-Getting the Balance Right by Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts.

*Lord Oates to ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the effect of the national living wage on providers of social care.

*Baroness Doocey to ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to tackle banking fraud, including internet and telephone scams.

Monday 9 May at 2.30pm

*Baroness Falkner of Margravine to ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their policy on the European Union granting market economy status to China.

*Lord Robathan to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will publish a list of organisations and individuals in public life, including members of both Houses of Parliament, who have previously urged that the United Kingdom should join the euro.

*Baroness Ludford to ask Her Majesty’s Government what retrospective checks they intend to make, if any, into the financial backgrounds of foreign citizens, predominantly from Russia and China, who were granted United Kingdom residence through Tier One Investor visas, in the light of the reductions in applications and acceptances since the introduction of prior money-laundering checks in 2015.

*Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether it is their continuing policy to deport failed unaccompanied asylum seekers on reaching 18 years of age.

Tuesday 10 May at 2.30pm

*Lord Naseby to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have plans to undertake an urgent review into the financial sustainability of high street trade in England and Wales in the light of the growth of online retail and the increase in overhead costs for shops trading on the high street.

*Lord Vinson to ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of net immigration continuing at over 300,000 people per year, and the latest Office for National Statistics projections indicating an increase in the United Kingdom population, including births, of 500,000 per year for the next six years, what plans they have to limit immigration and to build more hospitals, schools, housing and prisons to meet an increase in demand.

*Lord Addington to ask Her Majesty’s Government what consideration they have given to placing a duty on all publicly funded and professional sporting bodies to co-operate actively in identifying and punishing anyone damaging the integrity of sport.

Wednesday 11 May at 3.00pm

*Lord Holmes of Richmond to ask Her Majesty’s Government what the current economic and technological case is for continuing with Hinkley Point.

*Baroness Gardner of Parkes to ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure that carers employed by care service agencies provide the care for elderly, disabled and other people for which they are paid.

*Lord Wood of Anfield to ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the scope and purposes of the involvement of United Kingdom security forces in military action in Yemen.

Thursday 12 May at 11.00am

*Lord Kinnock to ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to emphasise the importance to citizens, particularly young people, of registering to vote to enable them to participate in the referendum on the United Kingdom’s membership of the European Union on 23 June.

*Baroness Sheehan to ask Her Majesty’s Government what evidence they have to support their claim that "pull factors" are responsible for the mass movement of people from the Middle East and North Africa in recent years.

*Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe to ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to alert the public to the dangers of alcohol and its causal links with hypertension, depression, Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia.

The full lists of Other Motions for Debate and Questions for Short Debate are available online daily. The list of all Questions for Short Debate currently tabled will next be printed on 3 May.

Select Committee Reports 

The dates on which the reports were published are in italics.

Lord Best to move that this House takes note of the Report from the Communications Committee Press Regulation: where are we now? (3rd Report, Session 2014–15, HL Paper 135). 23 March 2015

Baroness Morgan of Huyton to move that this House takes note of the Report from the Digital Skills Committee (Session 2014–15, HL Paper 111). 17 February 2015

Baroness Prashar to move that this House takes note of the Report from the European Union Committee The EU Action Plan against migrant smuggling (4th Report, HL Paper 46). 3 November 2015

Baroness Scott of Needham Market to move that this House takes note of the Report from the European Union Committee EU energy governance (6th Report, HL Paper 71). 18 December 2015

The Earl of Selborne to move that this House takes note of the Report from the Science and Technology Committee Genetically modified insects (1st Report, HL Paper 68). 17 December 2015

Lord Boswell of Aynho to move that this House takes note of the Report from the European Union Committee The EU referendum and EU reform (9th Report, HL Paper 122). 30 March 2016

Other Motions for Debate 

Lord Saatchi to move that Standing Order 46 (No two stages of a Bill to be taken on one day) be dispensed with to allow any Bill in the form in which the Medical Innovation Bill [HL] was approved by this House and sent to the Commons on 23 January 2015 in the last Parliament to be taken through all its remaining stages on one day.

Lord Alton of Liverpool to move to resolve that this House concurs with resolution 75 of the United States Congress, resolution 2016/2529(RSP) of the European Parliament, the resolution of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and the recent declaration of the United States Secretary of State, John Kerry, that religious and ethnic minorities in Iraq and Syria are suffering genocide; and calls on Her Majesty’s Government to refer those resolutions to the United Nations Security Council with a view to conferring jurisdiction on the International Criminal Court or to having the Security Council establish an independent fact-finding commission of experts to investigate the allegations of genocide.

Baroness Thomas of Winchester to move to resolve that this House calls on Her Majesty’s Government to hold urgent talks with Disability Rights UK and the Disability Benefits Consortium to identify a mobility criterion in the Personal Independence Payment "moving around" assessment which is fairer than the current 20 metre distance, in the light of the impact on reassessed disabled claimants and the resulting large number of successful appeals.

Motions relating to Delegated Legislation 

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to move that this House takes note of the National Health Service (Mandate Requirements) Regulations 2016 and regrets that, in setting the budget for NHS England for the next five years, the Government have made wholly unrealistic assumptions about the financial viability of the National Health Service thereby putting patient safety and quality of service at risk (SI 2016/51). 24th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to move that this House regrets that the National Health Service Trust Development Authority (Directions and Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) Regulations 2016 fail either to establish a statutory basis for the creation of NHS Improvement or to put in place transparent governance arrangements; fail to identify how NHS Improvement is to be run appropriately given that its two constituent parts-Monitor and the NHS Trust Development Authority-are governed by completely different statutory arrangements; fail to safeguard the future of NHS Foundation Trusts; and fail to resolve the potential conflict of interest in NHS Improvement between its regulatory role and that of an agency in securing and improving the safety of services (SI 2016/214).

Lord Grantchester to move that this House regrets that the Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme and Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2016 fail to determine the extent to which the scheme contributes to the United Kingdom’s target that 15 per cent of energy consumption is to come from renewable sources by 2020, and that the accompanying explanatory memorandum fails to provide sufficient information about the instrument’s policy objective and intended implementation (SI 2016/257). 29th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to move that this House regrets that the Care Quality Commission (Fees) (Reviews and Performance Assessments) Regulations 2016 will significantly increase Care Quality Commission (CQC) fees to National Health Service providers, general practitioners and the care sector in the current financial year, leading to increased budgetary pressure on providers in a period of significantly constrained finances; and calls on Her Majesty’s Government to delay the date by which full cost recovery is to be achieved by the CQC and maintain government support to the CQC for 2016–17 at the 2015–16 level (SI 2016/249). 30th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee

Questions for Short Debate 

Time limit 1 hour or 1½ hours.

Baroness Afshar to ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with the government of Iran concerning the treatment of human rights campaigners in that country, as part of the negotiations on lifting sanctions. (2 November: amended on 3 November)

Baroness Finlay of Llandaff to ask Her Majesty’s Government what actions they plan to take to relieve pressure on public services due to the consumption of alcohol. (11 November)

Lord Brabazon of Tara to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will seek an opt-out from provisions relating to e-cigarettes under Article 20 of the Tobacco Products Directive (2014/40/EU), coming into force in May 2016. (17 November)

Lord Wigley to ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the development of British–Argentinian relations during 2015. (24 November)

Lord Patel to ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the financial sustainability of the five-year NHS plan. (1 December)

Lord Berkeley of Knighton to ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of recent NHS figures showing that 1,036 women and girls were treated for female genital mutilation during the period April to June 2015. (1 December)

Baroness King of Bow to ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their current assessment of diversity in the British media. (8 December)

Baroness Greengross to ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to encourage people to work longer and be adequately re-trained in later life, as part of their goal to resolve the challenge of skill shortages in certain sectors of the economy. (15 December)

Baroness Hayman to ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress has been made in supporting Sierra Leone to recover from the effects of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. (21 December)

Lord Norton of Louth to ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure that civil servants who advise ministers are knowledgeable as to the role and processes of Parliament and the constitutional relationship between Parliament and the executive. (12 January)

Lord Mitchell to ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to improve broadband quality in the United Kingdom. (13 January)

Lord Lingfield to ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to improve the educational attainment of boys of all ages at state schools. (19 January)

Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted to ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the accountability, diversity and governance of international standard-setting bodies such as the Financial Stability Board and the Basel Committee on Banking Regulation. (19 January)

Lord Marlesford to ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the review of the Muslim Brotherhood (HC 679), in particular its implications for the security of the United Kingdom. (20 January)

Baroness Corston to ask Her Majesty’s Government why they plan to close HMP Holloway. (21 January)

Lord Blencathra to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will ask HM Inspectorate of Constabulary to conduct an inquiry into the Metropolitan Police Service’s handling of historical sexual abuse allegations made by the person known as "Nick". (21 January)

Lord Allen of Kensington to ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to achieve closer working between Innovate UK, Research Councils UK, the Higher Education Funding Council for England and other UK funding bodies in order to improve UK competitiveness. (25 January)

Lord Dholakia to ask Her Majesty’s Government what actions they are taking to improve the testing, treatment and care of individuals with blood-borne viruses in prisons and secure establishments. (26 January)

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty’s Government what measures they are taking to ensure that those responsible for genocide and crimes against humanity against minorities in Syria and Iraq are brought to justice. (27 January)

Lord Leigh of Hurley to ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress has been made on tackling tax avoidance and tax evasion in the United Kingdom. (27 January)

Baroness Donaghy to ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the needs and circumstances of the self-employed are fully taken into account when developing their policies on taxation, savings, employment and social security. (27 January)

Lord Popat to ask Her Majesty’s Government what impact the implementation of the recommendations of the report of the Select Committee on Small and Medium Sized Enterprises has had on encouraging firms to export (Session 2012–13, HL Paper 131). (27 January)

Baroness Barker to ask Her Majesty’s Government what the National Health Service is doing to meet the needs of lesbian, bisexual and transgender women. (28 January)

Lord Harris of Haringey to ask Her Majesty’s Government what measures they are considering to enhance the independence and effectiveness of Healthwatch England and of local Healthwatch groups. (1 February)

Lord Boateng to ask Her Majesty’s Government what consideration they have given to reinstating the Department for International Development’s country programme in Burundi. (1 February)

Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to protect the natural resources of the occupied Palestinian territories. (2 February)

Baroness Randerson to ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of trends in the provision of bus services in England and the environmental impact of those trends. (3 February)

Baroness Doocey to ask the Leader of the House what systems are in place to monitor the quality of responses given by government departments to parliamentary written questions. (3 February)

Baroness Morris of Bolton to ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they have taken to help achieve social, economic, cultural and political parity for women in the United Kingdom. (4 February)

Lord Willoughby de Broke to ask Her Majesty’s Government why the Rural Payments Agency has failed to make payments to qualifying farmers within the timetable set out by ministers. (8 February)

Lord O’Shaughnessy to ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the role of schools in promoting social integration. (8 February)

Baroness Humphreys to ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the contribution of bilingualism and multilingualism to the enrichment of communities in the United Kingdom. (8 February)

Baroness McGregor-Smith to ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the issues faced by black and minority ethnic people in the workplace in Britain. (9 February)

Baroness Falkner of Margravine to ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made regarding the political situation in Turkey. (9 February)

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer to ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the benefits of anaerobic digestion, including its contribution to the United Kingdom economy in general, in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, in enhancing farm resilience, and in improving soil condition. (9 February)

Lord Grantchester to ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to reform the Pet Travel Scheme in the light of evidence of abuse. (10 February)

The Earl of Glasgow to ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the case for a hub airport in the United Kingdom, and where it should be located. (10 February)

Lord Watson of Invergowrie to ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of their proposal to prevent civil society organisations from objecting to violations of the School Admissions Code, what assessment they have made of the extent to which compliance with that Code is monitored and enforced. (10 February)

Lord Oates to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will provide funding to allow the construction of a memorial to enslaved Africans in Hyde Park. (11 February)

Baroness Hollins to ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress has been made in tackling the rate of premature deaths among people with a learning disability. (22 February)

Lord Flight to ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to support the private rental market to meet the country’s housing needs. (22 February)

Baroness Harris of Richmond to ask Her Majesty’s Government what assistance they are providing to those affected by the recent flooding in the north of England. (22 February)

Baroness Thomas of Winchester to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will take steps to promote the benefits of hydrotherapy for certain long-term progressive conditions, and for rehabilitation after stroke or injury. (22 February)

Baroness Sheehan to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have any plans to make it easier for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children with relatives in the United Kingdom to enter the country. (24 February)

Lord Mawson to ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of NHS Property Services in contributing to integrated models of primary health care. (25 February)

Lord Loomba to ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to ensure that their aid strategy is focused on those countries and regions where needs are greatest. (25 February)

Baroness Cox to ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they have made to the government of Sudan regarding offences against civilians in Blue Nile and South Kordofan by government forces. (29 February)

Lord Tyler to ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they have taken to make data about meetings between ministers and external organisations more consistent, easily accessible and easily searchable; and whether they have plans to make regulations on that subject under section 2(5) of the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014. (29 February)

Lord Young of Cookham to ask Her Majesty’s Government what actions they are taking to reduce the incidence of smoking-related diseases. (1 March)

Baroness Hooper to ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their policy towards the Pacific Alliance. (2 March)

Lord Farmer to ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to deliver the Life Chances Strategy to transform the lives of the most disadvantaged people in Britain, as outlined by the Prime Minister on 11 January. (2 March)

Lord Hussain to ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the situation in Sudan in the light of the threat posed by Islamic extremists in the surrounding countries. (2 March)

Lord Lester of Herne Hill to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to introduce legislation to give effect to the recommendations made by the report of the Independent Commission on Freedom of Information. (3 March)

Baroness Suttie to ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their current political strategy towards Tunisia and what plans they have to develop further economic, security and cultural relations with that country, particularly in the light of the situation in Libya. (3 March)

Lord Hain to ask Her Majesty’s Government what additional steps are being taken to address the proposals in official reports since 2009, and the Stormont House Agreement, on Northern Ireland’s past. (7 March)

Lord Sheikh to ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the United Kingdom’s bilateral relationship with Kazakhstan and its bid to secure a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council. (10 March)

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara to ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they propose to take to ensure that providers of financial services act at all times under a duty to achieve their customers’ best interests, so as to reduce the need for regulatory intervention, prevent future mis-selling, and speed up culture change in the financial sector. (11 March)

Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will review the extent to which the Competition and Markets Authority, in meeting its objective of promoting competition, is doing so "for the benefit of consumers", as required in section 25(3) of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013. (11 March)

Lord Purvis of Tweed to ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to improve the nutrition of women and children in developing countries. (15 March)

Baroness Hooper to ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the relationship between the British Overseas Territories and the European Union. (15 March)

Lord Kerslake to ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to improve the quality and provision of care to those with dementia living at home. (16 March)

Lord Bilimoria to ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the contribution of chartered institutes to the United Kingdom’s economy and competitiveness. (17 March)

Lord Hunt of Chesterton to ask the Chairman of Committees what plans the House has to provide newly appointed peers with training about the legislative process and how best to hold the Government to account; and whether such plans could include refresher courses for longer-standing peers. (21 March)

Lord Colwyn to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will consider leaving out activity targets when developing the new dental contract. (14 April)

Viscount Waverley to ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress has been made with the Exporting is Great and the Overseas Business Network initiatives. (18 April)

Lord Rodgers of Quarry Bank to ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the prospect of saving lives through better and specialist stroke acute care services. (18 April)

Baroness Gould of Potternewton to ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to extend civil partnerships to heterosexual couples. (20 April)

Lord Lucas to ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the case for a new generation of polytechnics to address the technical skills gap. (20 April)

Questions for Written Answer 

Tabled on 25 April and due for answer by 10 May.

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask the Leader of the House whether time will be made in the Parliamentary timetable for a full debate on the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s Human Rights and Democracy Report 2015.   HL7865

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they will take to ensure that they fulfil the pledge in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s Human Rights and Democracy Report 2015 to "continue to look at every available option to ensure accountability" for the crimes committed by Daesh.   HL7866

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will apply the principles of the Responsibility to Protect to the situation in Iraq and Syria.   HL7867

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will apply the principles of the Responsibility to Protect to the situation in North Korea.   HL7868

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps the UK is taking in Burma to ensure that the three objectives of the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative are met.   HL7869

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps the UK is taking in regard to North Korea to ensure that the three objectives of the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative are met. 
   HL7870

Lord Bassam of Brighton to ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of Coperforma’s management of patient transport in Sussex.   HL7871

Lord Bassam of Brighton to ask Her Majesty’s Government which other companies bid to become the main service provider of patient transport in Sussex, and why the decision was made to award the contract to Coperforma over other competitors.   HL7872

Lord Bassam of Brighton to ask Her Majesty’s Government what systems are in place to monitor main service providers’ management of patient transport.   HL7873

Lord Bassam of Brighton to ask Her Majesty’s Government what, if any, variables are used to determine whether main service providers of patient transport are delivering satisfactory services.
   HL7874

Lord Bassam of Brighton to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether there are guidelines in place outlining steps to be taken if main service providers of patient transport fail to deliver satisfactory services.   HL7875

Lord Bassam of Brighton to ask Her Majesty’s Government how many (1) GPs, and (2) GP practices, there were in Brighton and Hove in each year since 2010.   HL7876

Lord Berkeley to ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans HS2 has for using secondary aggregates for the construction of Phase 1.   HL7877

Lord Berkeley to ask Her Majesty’s Government who was responsible for the maintenance of the access ramps to the mezzanine deck on the St Helen ferry at Fishbourne, Isle of Wight, which collapsed on 18 July 2014 causing several injuries; whether any prosecutions are planned; and who would be responsible for any resulting prosecutions.   HL7878

Lord Birt to ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to match national and local capacity with demand for maternity services, and when they expect a balance to be achieved.   HL7879

Baroness Burt of Solihull to ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the total value of the retail sector to the UK economy in each of the last 10 years, and what estimate they have made of its value over the next 10 years.   HL7880

Baroness Burt of Solihull to ask Her Majesty’s Government what percentage of economic output was attributed to the retail sector in each of the last 10 years, and what estimate they have made of that sector’s contribution over the next 10 years.   HL7881

Baroness Burt of Solihull to ask Her Majesty’s Government how many people were employed in the retail sector in each of the last 10 years, and what estimate they have made of the number of people who will be employed in that sector over the next 10 years.   HL7882

Baroness Burt of Solihull to ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of (1) the number of jobs, and (2) the total value of sales, within the retail sector attributable to (a) online retail, and (b) high-street retail premises.   HL7883

Baroness Deech to ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of the Middle East water research programme as a vehicle for collaboration between researchers in the UK, Israel and the Middle East.   HL7884

Baroness Deech to ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of the stem cell research collaboration between British and Israeli scientists under the auspices of the Britain Israel Research and Academic Exchange Partnership.   HL7885

Baroness Deech to ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the importance of the particular focus on Alzheimer’s and Type 1 Diabetes in the third Britain Israel Research and Academic Exchange Partnership Research Call.   HL7886

Baroness Howells of St Davids to ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the Movement for an Adoption Apology campaign, whether they have any plans to make a public apology to the mothers whose children were taken away from them between the 1950s and 1980s.   HL7887

Lord Hylton to ask Her Majesty’s Government who will represent the UK at the World Humanitarian Summit meeting to be held in Istanbul.   HL7888

Lord Hylton to ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they are making to the government of Oman following the arrest and detention on 15 April of Mr Abdullah Habib.   HL7889

Lord Hylton to ask Her Majesty’s Government why less than 30 of the 157 children at Calais and identified as eligible for family re-union have so far been admitted to the UK; and what plans they have to improve the processes for re-union.   HL7890

Lord Hylton to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will propose that the three billion euros offered to Turkey from the EU be transferred to the UNHCR World Food Programme for work in Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan for refugees and displaced people, in particular for continuing child and adult education.   HL7891

Lord Hylton to ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of Amnesty International’s report Trapped in Greece: an avoidable refugee Crisis of April 2016, in particular concerning the EU and the Dublin III Regulations on Family Reunion.   HL7892

Lord Hylton to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will discuss with Amnesty International the evidence that it has collected that the government of Turkey has in Hatay Province been expelling groups of Syrians almost daily since mid-January.   HL7893

Lord Maginnis of Drumglass to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether there is any precedent for an invitation to the leader of a foreign country to visit the UK in order to campaign on an internal national issue such as the forthcoming EU referendum.   HL7894

Lord Maginnis of Drumglass to ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to invite any leaders of foreign countries to come to the UK ostensibly on a courtesy visit but with the intention that they should canvass directly on any internal national issue.   HL7895

Lord Maginnis of Drumglass to ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions the Cabinet had prior to the visit of the President of the United States to the UK about any remarks that he might make regarding the EU referendum, and who was responsible for advising him regarding normal courtesy and protocol for such state visits.   HL7896

Lord Maginnis of Drumglass to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether any guidance or instruction from the Department of Education has prompted Brighton and Hove City Council to seek to establish the gender identity rather than the physical sex of four and five year-old children, and how many other education bodies have sent similar requests to parents.   HL7897

Lord Maginnis of Drumglass to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will publish any relevant correspondence between the Department for Education and Brighton and Hove City Council following its January 2016 inquiry into the gender identity rather than the physical sex of secondary school children.   HL7898

Lord Maginnis of Drumglass to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the actions of Brighton and Hove City Council regarding its inquiries into children’s gender identity, rather than their physical sex, have been referred to the police in the light of any risk that such questioning might sexualise vulnerable young people.   HL7899

Lord Myners to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will review the effectiveness of the recommendations on public sector procurement by Sir Philip Green.   HL7900

Lord Myners to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will review the financial strength of the Pension Protection Fund.   HL7901

Lord Myners to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will review the legislation protecting creditors in the event of business failure.   HL7902

Lord Myners to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will establish an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding BHS being placed in administration, and in particular in to the implications for employees, pension scheme members and creditors.   HL7903

Lord Myners to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have had any talks with the owners, managers or advisers to BHS; and whether they will take any action to protect employees, creditors and pensioners.   HL7904

Lord Myners to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have considered the risk to the solvency of the Pension Protection Fund of owners of companies with funding deficits selling the business for a nominal consideration or to an unsuitable purchaser.   HL7905

Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they have made to the government of Israel concerning its possession of nuclear weapons and the admission of inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency.   HL7906

Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, in the light of the remarks by the Foreign Secretary in 2010 that the window of opportunity for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict would have closed by 2016, they have plans to announce the end of the possibility of such a solution.   HL7907

Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they plan to take in response to Israel’s Jerusalem Municipality plan to demolish Palestinian homes to make way for a tourist complex in the Silwan neighbourhood of East Jerusalem.   HL7908

Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they intend to take to enable UNRWA to deliver urgent aid to Palestinian refugees trapped in Yarmouk camp in Damascus.   HL7909

Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty’s Government how many journalists have been imprisoned in the occupied Palestinian territories since October 2015 and what representations they have made to the government of Israel.   HL7910

Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Mr Tobias Ellwood, on 18 January (HC21629), what action they propose to take to prevent the forcible transfer of Bedouin in the West Bank by Israel.   HL7911

Lord Beecham to ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the extent and impact of the number of defendants in criminal cases appearing without representation as revealed in the report by Transform Justice Justice Denied? The experience of unrepresented defendants in the criminal courts.   HL7912

Baroness Hodgson of Abinger to ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of the National Stroke Strategy and whether the strategy has achieved its aims. 
   HL7913

Baroness Hodgson of Abinger to ask Her Majesty’s Government how many children died of a stroke in England in each of the last ten years.   HL7914

Baroness Hodgson of Abinger to ask Her Majesty’s Government how many children experienced a stroke in England in the past year.   HL7915

Baroness Hodgson of Abinger to ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to ensure that thrombectomy is delivered to all eligible stroke patients in accordance with new NICE guidelines.
   HL7916

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask Her Majesty’s Government under which legislative provision the Secretary of State has the power to impose junior doctors’ contracts on (1) GP practices that are not public bodies and deliver services to patients under a General Medical Services contract; (2) GP practices that are not public bodies and deliver services to patients under an Alternative Personal Medical Services contract; (3) local authorities that employ junior doctors to deliver public health services; and (4) NHS Trusts otherwise than by way of directions.   HL7917

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they will take to ensure that Clinical Commissioning Groups in the West Midlands abide by the guidance issued by the Royal College of Surgeons and accredited by NICE in their consultation on "procedures of low clinical value".   HL7918

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask Her Majesty’s Government what evaluation has been undertaken to ensure that the £200 million National Transformation Fund for 2015–16 provided value for money.
   HL7919

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will establish a public inquiry into care failings in the Liverpool Community NHS Trust in the light of findings that executive directors of the trust downgraded serious risks or incidents and kept information from non-executive board members.   HL7920

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the open letter from the British Dental Association to the Chairman of the General Dental Council (GDC) of 1 April on the GDC’s spending on external legal advice, redundancy payments and related external PR services during the Professional Services Authority whistle-blowing inquiry, and what action they intend to take in the light of that assessment.   HL7921

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the General Dental Council’s (GDC) response to the British Dental Association’s Freedom of Information request of 18 March, whether they will ask the National Audit Office to carry out a value-for-money examination of GDC’s financial management.   HL7922

Baroness Hussein-Ece to ask Her Majesty’s Government how many convicted sex offenders and those prosecuted for domestic violence offences have been given legal aid to pursue child access cases in the family courts in each of the last ten years.   HL7923

Lord Ouseley to ask Her Majesty’s Government what provision they plan to make to meet the shortfall of residential care home places for elderly people in the light of home closures and increased demand for social care.   HL7924

Lord Ouseley to ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking in the light of NASUWT’s finding that 74 per cent of teachers are seriously considering leaving the profession in the next two years; and what assessment they have made of the implications of that finding for the education system.   HL7925

Lord Ouseley to ask Her Majesty’s Government how they are liaising with local public service providers to ensure that all incoming refugees as part of the refugee resettlement policy are appropriately assisted within local community cohesion programmes.   HL7926

Baroness Rawlings to ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 21 April (HL7637), whether the new settlement for the UK in the EU negotiated by the Prime Minister included a provision for the British Art Collection in the European Parliament to be repatriated in the event that the UK votes to leave the EU.   HL7927

Earl Attlee to ask Her Majesty’s Government how much has been spent by them or Trinity House on the E-LORAN navigation system in each of the last 10 years.   HL7928

Lord Kilclooney to ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the value of (1) UK exports to the US, and (2) imports from the US to the UK, for the most recent years for which figures are available; and whether this trade was based on any trade agreement with the US.   HL7929

The Marquess of Lothian to ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to address the rise in levels of homelessness and rough sleeping in England.   HL7930

The Marquess of Lothian to ask Her Majesty’s Government how many children and teenagers in the UK were referred to NHS Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in each of the last five years; how many children and teenagers in each of those years received treatment; and how many did not. 
   HL7931

The Marquess of Lothian to ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to combat Daesh in Libya.   HL7932

The Marquess of Lothian to ask Her Majesty’s Government how many public libraries have closed since 2010; how many are currently under threat of closure; and what action they are taking to ensure that public libraries are maintained as a statutory service and to promote improvement of the public library service.   HL7933

The Marquess of Lothian to ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Mr James Brokenshire, on 14 March (HC29894), and in the light of the figures released by the Home Office on the number of non-EU students who had their visas curtailed in the three years to the end of December 2015 as part of their strategy to clamp down on immigration abuse, how many educational institutions were affected, and whether any of those educational institutions remain open to British and EU students.   HL7934

Lord Mendelsohn to ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the Executive Remuneration Working Group’s conclusions that executive pay is "not fit for purpose" and that extensive reform is needed to allay "widespread scepticism and [the] loss of public confidence". 
   HL7935

Lord Mendelsohn to ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the Executive Remuneration Working Group’s conclusions that the current pay approach for listed companies had resulted in "a poor alignment of interests between executives, shareholders and the company", and whether they have plans to introduce measures to deal with this in any subsequent company law reform.   HL7936

Lord Mendelsohn to ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the Executive Remuneration Working Group’s conclusions, and whether they have any plans either by statutory means or by Ministerial engagement to ensure greater transparency in relation to executive pay, clearer alignment of shareholder, company and executive interests, more accountability on the part of remuneration committees and greater engagement with and control by shareholders working through company boards.   HL7937

Lord Mendelsohn to ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the FTSE share index of public companies trading at broadly the same levels as 1998 whilst executive pay over the same period has trebled.   HL7938

Lord Mendelsohn to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they track executive pay; and whether they collect data on what percentage of Long Term Incentive Plans were changed for FTSE 100 companies when performance changed negatively.   HL7939

Lord Mendelsohn to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will be participating in the Investment Association’s roundtables on executive pay; and whether Minister or officials intend to communicate with the Investment Association in preparation of those roundtables.   HL7940

Baroness Randerson to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will outline the decision-making process following their expected announcement on airport expansion in the South East, and at what stage in that process there will be a vote in Parliament.   HL7941

Baroness Randerson to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to consult on a replacement regime once the current night-flight regime comes to an end in October 2017, and when that consultation is expected to take place.   HL7942

Baroness Randerson to ask Her Majesty’s Government on what basis they intend to decide how much public funding to put into the new transport infrastructure that would be required if there is to be expansion at Heathrow, and whether the same approach could apply to infrastructure improvements required if there is expansion at Gatwick.   HL7943

Baroness Randerson to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will finance feasibility work on plans to redevelop Cardiff Central Station during the current Control Period 5, in order for work to start promptly in Control Period 6.   HL7944

Baroness Randerson to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether there is a specific allocation within Local Growth Deal funding for Local Enterprise Partnerships for spending on transport.   HL7945

Baroness Randerson to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to act on the concerns raised by the National Audit Office in its 23 March report regarding the lack of transparency in spending by Local Enterprise Partnerships in order to ensure taxpayers get value for money.   HL7946

Questions unanswered after 10 working days 

21 March (6 April)

HL7262 Lord Ahmed [HO]

22 March (7 April)

HL7278 Baroness Jowell [HO]

11 April (25 April)

HL7419 Lord Green of Deddington [HO]

HL7452 Lord Lexden [CO]

HL7498 Baroness Wolf of Dulwich [BIS]

HL7499 Baroness Wolf of Dulwich [BIS]

Number of questions allocated to each department which are unanswered after 10 working days.

[BIS] 2

[CO] 1

[HO] 3

Bills in Progress 

	Type of Bill	To be considered
Waiting for Second Reading
Chancel Repairs [HL]	Private Member’s
Assisted Dying [HL]	Private Member’s
Conscientious Objection (Medical Activities) [HL]	Private Member’s
European Union Citizens (Electoral Rights) [HL]	Private Member’s
Divorce (Financial Provision) [HL]	Private Member’s
Cohabitation Rights [HL]	Private Member’s
Referendums (Local Authority Governance) [HL]	Private Member’s
European Union (Information, etc.) [HL]	Private Member’s
Medical Innovation [HL]	Private Member’s
Welfare of Cats (Breeding and Sale) [HL]	Private Member’s
Armed Forces Deployment (Royal Prerogative) [HL]	Private Member’s
Automatic Electoral Registration [HL]	Private Member’s
Referendums (Franchise) [HL]	Private Member’s
Right to Die at Home [HL]	Private Member’s
Polling Day (Saturday) [HL]	Private Member’s
Veterinary Nurses (Protection of Title) [HL]	Private Member’s
International Development (Official Development Assistance Target) (Amendment) [HL]	Private Member’s
Welfare of Women (Fertility Treatments) [HL]	Private Member’s
Carers (Leave Entitlement) [HL]	Private Member’s
Duchy of Cornwall [HL]	Private Member’s
Bat Habitats Regulation [HL]	Private Member’s
Rehabilitation of Offenders (Amendment) [HL]	Private Member’s
Student Fees (Qualifying Persons) (England) [HL]	Private Member’s
Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) [HL]	Private Member’s
International Development (Population Dynamics) [HL]	Private Member’s
Regulation of Health and Social Care Professions Etc. [HL]	Private Member’s
Bread and Flour Regulations (Folic Acid) [HL]	Private Member’s
Natural Environment [HL]	Private Member’s
Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment (Amendment) [HL]	Private Member’s
Committed to an Unopposed Bill Committee
Haberdashers’ Aske’s Charity [HL]	Private
Faversham Oyster Fishery Company [HL]	Private
New Southgate Cemetery [HL]	Private
Committed to a Select Committee
High Speed Rail (London–West Midlands)	Government
Committed to a Committee of the Whole House
Property Boundaries (Resolution of Disputes) [HL] (Queen’s and Prince of Wales’s Consents to be signified)	Private Member’s
Succession to Peerages [HL] (Queen’s Consent to be signified)	Private Member’s
Advertising of Prostitution (Prohibition) [HL]	Private Member’s
Mesothelioma (Amendment) [HL]	Private Member’s
Planning (Subterranean Development) [HL] (Queen’s Consent to be signified)	Private Member’s
Direct Planning (Pilot) [HL]	Private Member’s
Age of Criminal Responsibility [HL]	Private Member’s
Public Advocate [HL]	Private Member’s
Gambling (Categorisation and Use of B2 Gaming Machines) [HL]	Private Member’s
Driving Instructors (Registration)	Private Member’s	26 April
House of Commons Members’ Fund	Private Member’s
Waiting for Report
Online Safety [HL]	Private Member’s
Constitutional Convention [HL]	Private Member’s
Armed Forces (Scottish Legislative Consent Motion passed)	Government	27 April
Northern Ireland (Stormont Agreement and Implementation Plan)	Government	26 April
Council Tax Valuation Bands [HL]	Private Member’s
Waiting for Third Reading
Airports Act 1986 (Amendment) [HL]	Private Member’s
Criminal Cases Review Commission (Information)	Private Member’s
Road Traffic Act 1988 (Alcohol Limits) (Amendment) [HL]	Private Member’s
Housing and Planning (Welsh and Northern Irish Legislative Consent Motions passed, Welsh Legislative Consent Motion rejected)	Government	27 April
Sent to the Commons
Accessible Sports Grounds [HL]	Private Member’s
Arbitration and Mediation Services (Equality) [HL]	Private Member’s
Regulation of Political Opinion Polling [HL]	Private Member’s
Access to Palliative Care [HL]	Private Member’s
Returned to the Commons with Amendments
Trade Union (Welsh Legislative Consent Motion rejected)	Government
Waiting for Consideration of Commons Amendments
Bank of England and Financial Services [HL]	Government
Transport for London [HL]	Private	28 April
Waiting for Consideration of Commons Reason
Energy [HL]	Government	26 April
Waiting for Consideration of Commons Reasons and Amendments
Immigration (Welsh Legislative Consent Motions passed)	Government	26 April
Waiting for Royal Assent
Enterprise [HL] (Welsh and Scottish Legislative Consent Motions passed, Northern Irish Legislative Consent Motion rejected)	Government

Affirmative Instruments in Progress 

The Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee has drawn attention to certain instruments in the reports indicated

	Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee	To be considered
Waiting for consideration by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments
Draft Access to Justice Act 1999 (Destination of Appeals) (Family Proceedings) (Amendment) Order 2016
Draft Pubs Code etc. Regulations 2016
Draft Pubs Code (Fees, Costs and Financial Penalties) Regulations 2016
Referred to a Grand Committee and Waiting for Affirmative Resolution
Draft Nuclear Installations (Liability for Damage) Order 2016		27 April
Draft Limited Liability Partnerships, Partnerships and Groups (Accounts and Audit) Regulations 2016		27 April
Draft Modern Slavery Act 2015 (Code of Practice) Regulations 2016		27 April
Draft Immigration (Leave to Enter and Remain) (Amendment) Order 2016		27 April
Draft Crown Court (Recording) Order 2016		27 April
Draft Education (Repeal of Arrangements for Vocational Qualifications Awarded or Authenticated in Northern Ireland) Order 2016		27 April
Waiting for Affirmative Resolution
Draft Hunting Act 2004 (Exempt Hunting) (Amendment) Order 2015	7th Report
Draft Building Societies (Floating Charges and Other Provisions) Order 2016 (20th Report from the JCSI)
Draft Licensing Act 2003 (Her Majesty The Queen’s Birthday Licensing Hours) Order 2016
Draft Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2016

Negative Instruments 

Instruments reported by the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee

	Praying time expires	To be considered
24th Report
National Health Service (Mandate Requirements) Regulations 2016	16 March
29th Report
Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme and Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2016	28 April
30th Report
Care Quality Commission (Fees) (Reviews and Performance Assessments) Regulations 2016	25 April
Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) (Amendment) Order 2016	6 May
31st Report
Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Surcharge) (Amendment) Order 2016	13 May
Social Housing Rents (Exceptions and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2016	13 May
Instrument not reported by the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee
National Health Service Trust Development Authority (Directions and Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) Regulations 2016	25 April

Retirement 

The following member of the House has given notice of her intention to retire.

	Date of retirement
Baroness Perry of Southwark	26 May

Committees 

Unless otherwise indicated, Committees meet in the Lords’ rooms in the Committee Corridor as indicated in the daily broadsheet. Only the next meeting of each Committee is listed below. Further details of these meetings, and of planned further meetings, may be found in the House of Lords Committees Weekly Bulletin.

Tuesday 26 April
Science and Technology	Select Committee	10.30am
Communications	Select Committee	3.15pm
Economic Affairs	Select Committee	3.30pm
Secondary Legislation Scrutiny	Select Committee	3.45pm
European Union	Select Committee	4.00pm
Refreshment	Domestic Committee	4.10pm
Wednesday 27 April
European Union	Financial Affairs Sub-Committee	10.00am
Constitution	Select Committee	10.15am
European Union	Energy and Environment Sub-Committee	10.30am
Human Rights	Joint Committee	3.15pm
Statutory Instruments	Joint Committee	3.45pm
Thursday 28 April
European Union	External Affairs Sub-Committee	10.00am
European Union	Internal Market Sub-Committee	10.00am
Administration and Works	Domestic Committee	12 noon
Tuesday 3 May
European Union	Justice Sub-Committee	10.30am
Palace of Westminster	Joint Committee	4.00pm
Wednesday 4 May
Works of Art	Domestic Committee	4.15pm in Committee Room G

Minutes of Proceedings of Monday 25 April 2016 

The House met at 2.30pm.

Prayers were read by the Lord Bishop of Leeds.

1 Deaths of Lords The Lord Speaker informed the House that the following members of the House had died:

Lord Walton of Detchant on 21 April 2016 
Lord Peston on 23 April 2016

2 Retirement The Lord Speaker informed the House of the retirement with effect from 25 April 2016 of Lord Inge under section 1 of the House of Lords Reform Act 2014.

Public Business

3 Young people: mentoring A question was asked by Baroness Pidding and answered by Baroness Evans of Bowes Park.

4 Education: secondary schools A question was asked by Baroness Massey of Darwen and answered by Baroness Evans of Bowes Park.

5 Housing: co-operative housing A question was asked by Lord Kennedy of Southwark and answered by Viscount Younger of Leckie.

6 Regional museums A question was asked by Lord Stevenson of Balmacara and answered by the Earl of Courtown.

7 Trade Union Bill The bill was read a third time. Amendments 1 and 3 to 14 were agreed to. Then, after debate, the bill was passed and returned to the Commons with amendments.

8 Housing and Planning Bill The report stage was continued, beginning with amendment 118. Amendments 118 to 119A were agreed to (see divisions 1 to 3). Amendment 119AA was disagreed to (see division 4). Amendments 120A to 121C, 121D, and 121F were agreed to. Amendment 122 was disagreed to (see division 5). Amendments 122B and 122C were agreed to. Amendment 123 was disagreed to (see division 6). Amendments 123A, 123C and 123D, 123F, 127 to 128YAQ, 128YAS to 128YD, 129, 130 to 133, 133B to 135C, 136 to 137A, 138B and 142 were agreed to. The bill, as amended, was ordered to be printed. (HL Bill 117)

9 Junior doctors: industrial action Lord Prior of Brampton repeated a ministerial statement made in the House of Commons.

The House adjourned. The House resumed.

10 Immigration Bill The bill was returned from the Commons with reasons and amendments. It was ordered that the Commons reasons and amendments be printed. (HL Bill 118)

The House adjourned at 11.09pm until Tuesday 26 April at 2.30pm.

David Beamish

Clerk of the Parliaments

Papers 

All statutory instruments laid before the House are accompanied by an Explanatory Memorandum presented by command of Her Majesty, unless otherwise indicated.

Command Paper

The following paper was presented to the House by command of Her Majesty:

Explanatory Memorandum (Revised)-Replacement Explanatory Memorandum to the Approval of Code of Management Practice (Private Retirement Housing) (England) Order 2016. (20 April)   (-)

Statutory Instrument (Standing Order 70)

The following negative instrument was laid before the House on 22 April:

Patents (Amendments) Rules 2016, laid under the Patents Act 1977.    (517)

Negative Instruments

The following instruments were laid before the House:

   (1) Electronic Cigarettes etc. (Fees) Regulations 2016   (521)

(2) Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) (Amendment) Regulations 2016   (524)

laid under the European Communities Act 1972.

Papers not subject to Parliamentary Proceedings

The following papers were laid before the House:

1 Report for 2015 of the Service Complaints Ombudsman for the Armed Forces, laid under the Armed Forces Act 2006.

2 Report for the year ending 30 April 2015 on the Export of Objects of Cultural Interest, laid under the Export Control Act 2002.

Divisions on 25 April 2016 

Housing and Planning Bill

Division No. 1

Baroness Parminter moved amendment 118, after clause 143, to insert the new clause Carbon compliance standard for new homes. The House divided:

Contents 253

Not-contents 205

Contents Addington, L. Adebowale, L. Ahmed, L. Allan of Hallam, L. Alton of Liverpool, L. Anderson of Swansea, L. Andrews, B. Armstrong of Hill Top, B. Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville, B. Barker, B. Bassam of Brighton, L. Beecham, L. Beith, L. Benjamin, B. Berkeley, L. Berkeley of Knighton, L. Best, L. Blackstone, B. Blood, B. Boateng, L. Bowles of Berkhamsted, B. Bradley, L. Bradshaw, L. Bragg, L. Brinton, B. Brookman, L. Bruce of Bennachie, L. Burt of Solihull, B. Butler-Sloss, B. Cameron of Dillington, L. Campbell of Pittenweem, L. Campbell-Savours, L. Carter of Coles, L. Cashman, L. Christopher, L. Clancarty, E. Clark of Windermere, L. Clarke of Hampstead, L. Clement-Jones, L. Cohen of Pimlico, B. Collins of Highbury, L. Corston, B. Cotter, L. Coussins, B. Crawley, B. Cunningham of Felling, L. Davies of Oldham, L. Davies of Stamford, L. Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde, B. Desai, L. Dholakia, L. Donaghy, B. Doocey, B. Drake, B. Dubs, L. Dykes, L. Elder, L. Elystan-Morgan, L. Farrington of Ribbleton, B. Faulkner of Worcester, L. Fearn, L. Featherstone, B. Filkin, L. Finlay of Llandaff, B. Foster of Bath, L. Foster of Bishop Auckland, L. Fox, L. Fritchie, B. Gale, B. Garden of Frognal, B. German, L. Giddens, L. Glasgow, E. Glasman, L. Goddard of Stockport, L. Golding, B. Gordon of Strathblane, L. Goudie, B. Gould of Potternewton, B. Grender, B. Grey-Thompson, B. Griffiths of Burry Port, L. Grocott, L. Hamwee, B. Hanworth, V. Harris of Haringey, L. Harris of Richmond, B. Harrison, L. Hart of Chilton, L. Haskel, L. Haworth, L. Hayman, B. Hayter of Kentish Town, B. Healy of Primrose Hill, B. Henig, B. Hollis of Heigham, B. Howarth of Breckland, B. Howarth of Newport, L. Howells of St Davids, B. Hoyle, L. Hughes of Woodside, L. Humphreys, B. [Teller] Hunt of Chesterton, L. Hunt of Kings Heath, L. Hussain, L. Hussein-Ece, B. Irvine of Lairg, L. Janke, B. Jay of Paddington, B. Jolly, B. Jones, L. Jones of Cheltenham, L. Jones of Whitchurch, B. Jordan, L. Judd, L. Kennedy of Cradley, B. Kennedy of Southwark, L. King of Bow, B. Kinnock of Holyhead, B. Kirkhill, L. Kirkwood of Kirkhope, L. Knight of Weymouth, L. Kramer, B. Krebs, L. Lawrence of Clarendon, B. Layard, L. Lea of Crondall, L. Lee of Trafford, L. Leeds, Bp. Lester of Herne Hill, L. Liddell of Coatdyke, B. Lipsey, L. Lister of Burtersett, B. Listowel, E. Livermore, L. Loomba, L. Low of Dalston, L. Luce, L. Ludford, B. Lytton, E. McDonagh, B. McFall of Alcluith, L. McIntosh of Hudnall, B. MacKenzie of Culkein, L. Mackenzie of Framwellgate, L. McKenzie of Luton, L. Maclennan of Rogart, L. McNally, L. Maddock, B. Manzoor, B. Marks of Henley-on-Thames, L. Masham of Ilton, B.

Meacher, B. Miller of Chilthorne Domer, B. Mitchell, L. Monks, L. Moonie, L. Morris of Aberavon, L. Morris of Handsworth, L. Morris of Yardley, B. Murphy of Torfaen, L. Newby, L. [Teller] Nicholson of Winterbourne, B. Northover, B. Nye, B. Oates, L. O’Neill of Bengarve, B. O’Neill of Clackmannan, L. Paddick, L. Palmer of Childs Hill, L. Parminter, B. Pendry, L. Ponsonby of Shulbrede, L. Prosser, B. Purvis of Tweed, L. Quin, B. Quirk, L. Ramsay of Cartvale, B. Randerson, B. Razzall, L. Rebuck, B. Redesdale, L. Reid of Cardowan, L. Rennard, L. Richard, L. Roberts of Llandudno, L. Rodgers of Quarry Bank, L. Rooker, L. Rosser, L. Rowlands, L. Royall of Blaisdon, B. Sandwich, E. Sawyer, L. Scott of Needham Market, B. Scriven, L. Sharkey, L. Sharp of Guildford, B. Sheehan, B. Sherlock, B. Shipley, L. Shutt of Greetland, L. Simon, V. Smith of Basildon, B. Smith of Clifton, L. Smith of Gilmorehill, B. Smith of Newnham, B. Snape, L. Soley, L. Steel of Aikwood, L. Stern, B. Stevenson of Balmacara, L. Stone of Blackheath, L. Stoneham of Droxford, L. Storey, L. Strasburger, L. Stunell, L. Suttie, B. Tanlaw, L. Taverne, L. Taylor of Blackburn, L. Taylor of Goss Moor, L. Temple-Morris, L. Teverson, L. Thomas of Gresford, L. Thomas of Winchester, B. Thornhill, B. Thornton, B. Tomlinson, L. Tonge, B. Tope, L. Touhig, L. Truscott, L. Tunnicliffe, L. Tyler, L. Tyler of Enfield, B. Uddin, B. Wall of New Barnet, B. Wallace of Saltaire, L. Wallace of Tankerness, L. Walmsley, B. Warner, L. Watson of Invergowrie, L. Watts, L. West of Spithead, L. Wheeler, B. Whitaker, B. Whitty, L. Wigley, L. Williams of Elvel, L. Woolmer of Leeds, L. Wrigglesworth, L. Young of Hornsey, B. Young of Norwood Green, L. Not-contents Aberdare, L. Ahmad of Wimbledon, L. Altmann, B. Anelay of St Johns, B. Arbuthnot of Edrom, L. Arran, E. Ashton of Hyde, L. Astor of Hever, L. Attlee, E. Baker of Dorking, L. Balfe, L. Berridge, B. Bilimoria, L. Black of Brentwood, L. Blencathra, L. Borwick, L. Bottomley of Nettlestone, B. Bourne of Aberystwyth, L. Bowness, L. Brabazon of Tara, L. Brady, B. Bridgeman, V. Bridges of Headley, L. Brougham and Vaux, L. Browne of Belmont, L. Browning, B. Buscombe, B. Byford, B. Caithness, E. Callanan, L. Carrington of Fulham, L. Cathcart, E. Chadlington, L. Chisholm of Owlpen, B. Colville of Culross, V. Colwyn, L. Condon, L. Cooper of Windrush, L. Cope of Berkeley, L. Cormack, L. Courtown, E. Craig of Radley, L. Craigavon, V. Crathorne, L. Crickhowell, L. Cumberlege, B. De Mauley, L. Deech, B. Deighton, L. Denham, L. Dixon-Smith, L.

Dobbs, L. Dunlop, L. Eaton, B. Eccles, V. Eccles of Moulton, B. Elton, L. Empey, L. Erroll, E. Evans of Bowes Park, B. Fairfax of Cameron, L. Falkland, V. Fall, B. Farmer, L. Faulks, L. Fellowes, L. Fellowes of West Stafford, L. Fink, L. Finkelstein, L. Finn, B. Fookes, B. Forsyth of Drumlean, L. Fowler, L. Framlingham, L. Freeman, L. Freud, L. Gardiner of Kimble, L. [Teller] Gardner of Parkes, B. Geddes, L. Gilbert of Panteg, L. Glendonbrook, L. Goldie, B. Grade of Yarmouth, L. Green of Hurstpierpoint, L. Greenway, L. Griffiths of Fforestfach, L. Hague of Richmond, L. Hailsham, V. Hameed, L. Hamilton of Epsom, L. Harris of Peckham, L. Hayward, L. Helic, B. Higgins, L. Hodgson of Abinger, B. Hodgson of Astley Abbotts, L. Hooper, B. Hope of Craighead, L. Horam, L. Howell of Guildford, L. Hunt of Wirral, L. James of Blackheath, L. Janvrin, L. Jenkin of Kennington, B. Jopling, L. Kakkar, L. Keen of Elie, L. Kerr of Kinlochard, L. Kilclooney, L. King of Bridgwater, L. Kinnoull, E. Kirkham, L. Lang of Monkton, L. Lansley, L. Lawson of Blaby, L. Leigh of Hurley, L. Lexden, L. Lindsay, E. Lingfield, L. Liverpool, E. Lothian, M. Lucas, L. Lupton, L. Lyell, L. McColl of Dulwich, L. MacGregor of Pulham Market, L. McIntosh of Pickering, B. Maginnis of Drumglass, L. Marland, L. Marlesford, L. Mawson, L. Mobarik, B. Morris of Bolton, B. Moynihan, L. Naseby, L. Neville-Jones, B. Neville-Rolfe, B. Newlove, B. Noakes, B. Northbrook, L. O’Cathain, B. Oppenheim-Barnes, B. O’Shaughnessy, L. Pannick, L. Patel, L. Patten, L. Patten of Barnes, L. Perry of Southwark, B. Pidding, B. Popat, L. Porter of Spalding, L. Price, L. Prior of Brampton, L. Rawlings, B. Redfern, B. Ribeiro, L. Ridley, V. Risby, L. Rock, B. Rogan, L. Rowe-Beddoe, L. Sassoon, L. Scott of Bybrook, B. Seccombe, B. Selborne, E. Selkirk of Douglas, L. Selsdon, L. Sheikh, L. Sherbourne of Didsbury, L. Shinkwin, L. Skelmersdale, L. Slim, V. Smith of Hindhead, L. Somerset, D. Stedman-Scott, B. Sterling of Plaistow, L. Stirrup, L. Stoddart of Swindon, L. Stowell of Beeston, B. Strathclyde, L. Stroud, B. Suri, L. Swinfen, L. Taylor of Holbeach, L. [Teller] Tebbit, L. Thomas of Swynnerton, L. Trefgarne, L. Trenchard, V. Trimble, L. True, L. Tugendhat, L. Ullswater, V. Verma, B. Wakeham, L. Warsi, B. Wasserman, L. Wei, L. Wellington, D. Wheatcroft, B. Wilcox, B. Willetts, L. Williams of Trafford, B. Young of Cookham, L. Young of Graffham, L. Younger of Leckie, V.

Housing and Planning Bill

Division No. 2

Baroness Royall of Blaisdon moved amendment 119, after clause 143, to insert the new clause Affordable housing contributions in small scale development. The House divided:

Contents 269

Not-contents 185

Contents Aberdare, L. Addington, L. Adebowale, L. Ahmed, L. Allan of Hallam, L. Alton of Liverpool, L. Anderson of Swansea, L. Andrews, B. Armstrong of Hill Top, B. Armstrong of Ilminster, L. Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville, B. Barker, B. Bassam of Brighton, L. Beecham, L. Beith, L. Benjamin, B. Berkeley, L. Berkeley of Knighton, L. Best, L. Blackstone, B. Blood, B. Boateng, L. Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury, B. Bowles of Berkhamsted, B. Bradley, L. Bradshaw, L. Bragg, L. Brinton, B. Brookman, L. Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood, L. Browne of Belmont, L. Bruce of Bennachie, L. Burt of Solihull, B. Butler-Sloss, B. Cameron of Dillington, L. Campbell of Pittenweem, L. Campbell-Savours, L. Carter of Coles, L. Cashman, L. Chandos, V. Christopher, L. Clancarty, E. Clark of Windermere, L. Clarke of Hampstead, L. Clement-Jones, L. Collins of Highbury, L. Colville of Culross, V. Corston, B. Cotter, L. Coussins, B. Craig of Radley, L. Crawley, B. Cunningham of Felling, L. Davies of Oldham, L. Davies of Stamford, L. Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde, B. Desai, L. Dholakia, L. Donaghy, B. Doocey, B. Drake, B. Dubs, L. Elder, L. Elystan-Morgan, L. Erroll, E. Falkner of Margravine, B. Farrington of Ribbleton, B. Faulkner of Worcester, L. Fearn, L. Featherstone, B. Filkin, L. Finlay of Llandaff, B. Foster of Bath, L. Foster of Bishop Auckland, L. Fox, L. Gale, B. Garden of Frognal, B. German, L. Giddens, L. Glasgow, E. Glasman, L. Goddard of Stockport, L. Golding, B. Goldsmith, L. Gordon of Strathblane, L. Gould of Potternewton, B. Greenway, L. Grender, B. Grey-Thompson, B. Griffiths of Burry Port, L. Grocott, L. Hamwee, B. Hanworth, V. Harris of Haringey, L. Harris of Richmond, B. Harrison, L. Hart of Chilton, L. Haskel, L. Haworth, L. Hayman, B. Hayter of Kentish Town, B. Healy of Primrose Hill, B. Henig, B. Hollis of Heigham, B. Howarth of Breckland, B. Howarth of Newport, L. Howells of St Davids, B. Hoyle, L. Hughes of Woodside, L. Humphreys, B. Hunt of Chesterton, L. Hunt of Kings Heath, L. Hussain, L. Hussein-Ece, B. Hylton, L. Irvine of Lairg, L. Janke, B. Janvrin, L. Jolly, B. Jones, L. Jones of Cheltenham, L. Jones of Whitchurch, B. Jordan, L. Judd, L. Kennedy of Cradley, B. Kennedy of Southwark, L. Kennedy of The Shaws, B. Kerr of Kinlochard, L. King of Bow, B. Kinnock of Holyhead, B. Kirkhill, L. Kirkwood of Kirkhope, L. Knight of Weymouth, L. Kramer, B. Krebs, L. Layard, L. Lea of Crondall, L. Lee of Trafford, L. Leeds, Bp. Lester of Herne Hill, L. Liddell of Coatdyke, B. Liddle, L. Lipsey, L. Lister of Burtersett, B. Listowel, E. Livermore, L. Loomba, L. Low of Dalston, L. Ludford, B. Lytton, E. McDonagh, B.

McFall of Alcluith, L. McIntosh of Hudnall, B. MacKenzie of Culkein, L. Mackenzie of Framwellgate, L. McKenzie of Luton, L. Maclennan of Rogart, L. McNally, L. Maddock, B. Manzoor, B. Marks of Henley-on-Thames, L. Maxton, L. Meacher, B. Miller of Chilthorne Domer, B. Mitchell, L. Monks, L. Moonie, L. Morris of Aberavon, L. Morris of Handsworth, L. Morris of Yardley, B. Murphy of Torfaen, L. Newby, L. Northover, B. Nye, B. Oates, L. O’Neill of Clackmannan, L. Paddick, L. Palmer of Childs Hill, L. Parminter, B. Patel, L. Pendry, L. Ponsonby of Shulbrede, L. Prosser, B. Purvis of Tweed, L. Quin, B. Quirk, L. Ramsay of Cartvale, B. Randerson, B. Razzall, L. Rea, L. Rebuck, B. Redesdale, L. Reid of Cardowan, L. Rennard, L. Richard, L. Roberts of Llandudno, L. Rodgers of Quarry Bank, L. Rogan, L. Rosser, L. Rowe-Beddoe, L. Rowlands, L. Royall of Blaisdon, B. [Teller] Russell of Liverpool, L. St John of Bletso, L. Sandwich, E. Sawyer, L. Scott of Needham Market, B. Scriven, L. Sharkey, L. Sharp of Guildford, B. Sheehan, B. Sherlock, B. Shipley, L. Shutt of Greetland, L. Simon, V. Smith of Basildon, B. Smith of Clifton, L. Smith of Gilmorehill, B. Smith of Newnham, B. Snape, L. Soley, L. Somerset, D. Steel of Aikwood, L. Stephen, L. Stern, B. Stevenson of Balmacara, L. Stoddart of Swindon, L. Stone of Blackheath, L. Stoneham of Droxford, L. Storey, L. Strasburger, L. Stunell, L. Suttie, B. Symons of Vernham Dean, B. Taverne, L. Taylor of Blackburn, L. Taylor of Goss Moor, L. Temple-Morris, L. Teverson, L. Thomas of Gresford, L. Thomas of Winchester, B. Thornhill, B. Thornton, B. Tomlinson, L. Tonge, B. Tope, L. Touhig, L. Truscott, L. Tunnicliffe, L. [Teller] Tyler, L. Tyler of Enfield, B. Uddin, B. Wall of New Barnet, B. Wallace of Saltaire, L. Wallace of Tankerness, L. Walmsley, B. Warwick of Undercliffe, B. Watson of Invergowrie, L. Watts, L. Wellington, D. West of Spithead, L. Wheeler, B. Whitaker, B. Whitty, L. Wigley, L. Williams of Elvel, L. Woolmer of Leeds, L. Wrigglesworth, L. Young of Norwood Green, L. Not-contents Ahmad of Wimbledon, L. Altmann, B. Anelay of St Johns, B. Arbuthnot of Edrom, L. Arran, E. Ashton of Hyde, L. Astor of Hever, L. Attlee, E. Baker of Dorking, L. Berridge, B. Black of Brentwood, L. Blencathra, L. Borwick, L. Bottomley of Nettlestone, B. Bourne of Aberystwyth, L. Bowness, L. Brabazon of Tara, L. Brady, B. Bridgeman, V. Bridges of Headley, L. Brookeborough, V. Brougham and Vaux, L. Browning, B. Buscombe, B. Byford, B. Caithness, E. Callanan, L. Carrington of Fulham, L. Cathcart, E. Chadlington, L. Chisholm of Owlpen, B. Colwyn, L. Cooper of Windrush, L.

Cope of Berkeley, L. Cormack, L. Courtown, E. Craigavon, V. Crathorne, L. Crickhowell, L. Cumberlege, B. De Mauley, L. Deben, L. Deech, B. Deighton, L. Denham, L. Dixon-Smith, L. Dobbs, L. Dunlop, L. Eaton, B. Eccles, V. Eccles of Moulton, B. Elton, L. Empey, L. Evans of Bowes Park, B. Fairfax of Cameron, L. Falkland, V. Fall, B. Farmer, L. Faulks, L. Feldman of Elstree, L. Fellowes of West Stafford, L. Fink, L. Finn, B. Flight, L. Fookes, B. Forsyth of Drumlean, L. Fowler, L. Framlingham, L. Freeman, L. Freud, L. Gardiner of Kimble, L. [Teller] Gardner of Parkes, B. Geddes, L. Gilbert of Panteg, L. Glendonbrook, L. Goldie, B. Grade of Yarmouth, L. Griffiths of Fforestfach, L. Hague of Richmond, L. Hailsham, V. Hamilton of Epsom, L. Harris of Peckham, L. Hayward, L. Helic, B. Higgins, L. Hodgson of Abinger, B. Hodgson of Astley Abbotts, L. Hooper, B. Hope of Craighead, L. Howell of Guildford, L. Hunt of Wirral, L. Inglewood, L. James of Blackheath, L. Jenkin of Kennington, B. Jopling, L. Kakkar, L. Keen of Elie, L. Kilclooney, L. King of Bridgwater, L. Kinnoull, E. Kirkham, L. Lang of Monkton, L. Lansley, L. Lawson of Blaby, L. Leigh of Hurley, L. Lexden, L. Lindsay, E. Lingfield, L. Liverpool, E. Lothian, M. Lucas, L. Lupton, L. Lyell, L. McColl of Dulwich, L. MacGregor of Pulham Market, L. McIntosh of Pickering, B. Maginnis of Drumglass, L. Marland, L. Marlesford, L. Mawson, L. Mobarik, B. Morris of Bolton, B. Moynihan, L. Naseby, L. Neville-Jones, B. Neville-Rolfe, B. Newlove, B. Noakes, B. Northbrook, L. O’Cathain, B. Oppenheim-Barnes, B. O’Shaughnessy, L. Pannick, L. Patten, L. Patten of Barnes, L. Perry of Southwark, B. Pidding, B. Popat, L. Porter of Spalding, L. Price, L. Prior of Brampton, L. Rawlings, B. Redfern, B. Ribeiro, L. Ridley, V. Risby, L. Rock, B. Sassoon, L. Scott of Bybrook, B. Seccombe, B. Selborne, E. Selkirk of Douglas, L. Selsdon, L. Shackleton of Belgravia, B. Sheikh, L. Sherbourne of Didsbury, L. Shinkwin, L. Shrewsbury, E. Skelmersdale, L. Slim, V. Smith of Hindhead, L. Stedman-Scott, B. Sterling of Plaistow, L. Stowell of Beeston, B. Strathclyde, L. Stroud, B. Suri, L. Tanlaw, L. Taylor of Holbeach, L. [Teller] Tebbit, L. Trefgarne, L. Trenchard, V. Trimble, L. True, L. Tugendhat, L. Ullswater, V. Verma, B. Wakeham, L. Wasserman, L. Wei, L. Wheatcroft, B. Wilcox, B. Willetts, L. Young of Cookham, L. Younger of Leckie, V.

Housing and Planning Bill

Division No. 3

Baroness Parminter moved amendment 119A, after clause 143, to insert the new clause Sustainable drainage systems. The House divided:

Contents 253*

Not-contents 188  

Contents Addington, L. Adebowale, L. Ahmed, L. Allan of Hallam, L. Alton of Liverpool, L. Anderson of Swansea, L. Andrews, B. Armstrong of Hill Top, B. Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville, B. Barker, B. Bassam of Brighton, L. Beecham, L. Beith, L. Benjamin, B. Berkeley, L. Best, L. Blackstone, B. Blood, B. Blunkett, L. Boateng, L. Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury, B. Bowles of Berkhamsted, B. Bradley, L. Bradshaw, L. Bragg, L. Brinton, B. Brookman, L. Browne of Belmont, L. Bruce of Bennachie, L. Burt of Solihull, B. Butler-Sloss, B. Cameron of Dillington, L. Campbell of Pittenweem, L. Campbell-Savours, L. Carter of Coles, L. Cashman, L. Chandos, V. Clancarty, E. Clark of Windermere, L. Clement-Jones, L. Cohen of Pimlico, B. Collins of Highbury, L. Colville of Culross, V. Corston, B. Cotter, L. Crawley, B. Davies of Oldham, L. Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde, B. Deech, B. Desai, L. Dholakia, L. Donaghy, B. Doocey, B. Drake, B. Dubs, L. Dykes, L. Elder, L. Elystan-Morgan, L. Falkland, V. Falkner of Margravine, B. Farrington of Ribbleton, B. Faulkner of Worcester, L. Featherstone, B. Filkin, L. Finlay of Llandaff, B. Foster of Bath, L. Foster of Bishop Auckland, L. Fox, L. Fritchie, B. Gale, B. Garden of Frognal, B. German, L. Giddens, L. Glasgow, E. Goddard of Stockport, L. Golding, B. Goldsmith, L. Gordon of Strathblane, L. Gould of Potternewton, B. Grantchester, L. Grender, B. Griffiths of Burry Port, L. Grocott, L. Hamwee, B. Hanworth, V. Harris of Haringey, L. Harris of Richmond, B. Harrison, L. Hart of Chilton, L. Haskel, L. Haworth, L. Hayman, B. Hayter of Kentish Town, B. Healy of Primrose Hill, B. Henig, B. Hollis of Heigham, B. Hope of Craighead, L. Howarth of Breckland, B. Howarth of Newport, L. Howe of Idlicote, B. Howells of St Davids, B. Hoyle, L. Hughes of Woodside, L. Humphreys, B. [Teller] Hunt of Chesterton, L. Hunt of Kings Heath, L. Hussain, L. Hussein-Ece, B. Hutton of Furness, L. Irvine of Lairg, L. Janke, B. Jolly, B. Jones, L. Jones of Cheltenham, L. Jones of Whitchurch, B. Jordan, L. Judd, L. Kennedy of Cradley, B. Kennedy of Southwark, L. Kennedy of The Shaws, B. Kilclooney, L. Kinnock of Holyhead, B. Kirkhill, L. Kirkwood of Kirkhope, L. Knight of Weymouth, L. Kramer, B. Krebs, L. Layard, L. Lea of Crondall, L. Lee of Trafford, L. Leeds, Bp. Lester of Herne Hill, L. Liddell of Coatdyke, B. Liddle, L. Lipsey, L. Lister of Burtersett, B. Listowel, E. Livermore, L. Loomba, L. Ludford, B. Lytton, E. McDonagh, B. McFall of Alcluith, L. McIntosh of Hudnall, B. MacKenzie of Culkein, L. McKenzie of Luton, L.

Maclennan of Rogart, L. McNally, L. Maddock, B. Manzoor, B. Marks of Henley-on-Thames, L. Masham of Ilton, B. Maxton, L. Meacher, B. Miller of Chilthorne Domer, B. Mitchell, L. Monks, L. Moonie, L. Morgan of Huyton, B. Morris of Aberavon, L. Morris of Handsworth, L. Morris of Yardley, B. Murphy of Torfaen, L. Newby, L. [Teller] Nicholson of Winterbourne, B. Northover, B. Nye, B. Oates, L. O’Neill of Bengarve, B. O’Neill of Clackmannan, L. Paddick, L. Palmer of Childs Hill, L. Pannick, L. Parminter, B. Pendry, L. Ponsonby of Shulbrede, L. Prosser, B. Purvis of Tweed, L. Quin, B. Ramsay of Cartvale, B. Randerson, B. Razzall, L. Rea, L. Redesdale, L. Reid of Cardowan, L. Rennard, L. Roberts of Llandudno, L. Rodgers of Quarry Bank, L. Rogan, L. Rosser, L. Rowe-Beddoe, L. Rowlands, L. Royall of Blaisdon, B. Russell of Liverpool, L. Sawyer, L. Scott of Needham Market, B. Scriven, L. Sharkey, L. Sharp of Guildford, B. Sheehan, B. Sherlock, B. Shipley, L. Shutt of Greetland, L. Simon, V. Smith of Basildon, B. Smith of Gilmorehill, B. Smith of Newnham, B. Snape, L. Soley, L. Somerset, D. Steel of Aikwood, L. Stephen, L. Stern, B. Stevenson of Balmacara, L. Stoddart of Swindon, L. Stone of Blackheath, L. Stoneham of Droxford, L. Storey, L. Strasburger, L. Stunell, L. Suttie, B. Symons of Vernham Dean, B. Taylor of Blackburn, L. Taylor of Bolton, B. Taylor of Goss Moor, L. Temple-Morris, L. Teverson, L. Thomas of Gresford, L. Thomas of Winchester, B. Thornhill, B. Thornton, B. Tomlinson, L. Tonge, B. Tope, L. Touhig, L. Tunnicliffe, L. Tyler, L. Tyler of Enfield, B. Wall of New Barnet, B. Wallace of Saltaire, L. Wallace of Tankerness, L. Walmsley, B. Warwick of Undercliffe, B. Watson of Invergowrie, L. Watts, L. West of Spithead, L. Wheeler, B. Whitaker, B. Whitty, L. Woolmer of Leeds, L. Wrigglesworth, L. Young of Norwood Green, L. Not-contents Aberdare, L. Ahmad of Wimbledon, L. Altmann, B. Anelay of St Johns, B. Arbuthnot of Edrom, L. Arran, E. Ashton of Hyde, L. Astor of Hever, L. Attlee, E. Baker of Dorking, L. Balfe, L. Berridge, B. Black of Brentwood, L. Blencathra, L. Borwick, L. Bottomley of Nettlestone, B. Bourne of Aberystwyth, L. Bowness, L. Brabazon of Tara, L. Brady, B. Bridgeman, V. Bridges of Headley, L. Brookeborough, V. Brougham and Vaux, L. Browning, B. Buscombe, B. Byford, B. Caithness, E. Callanan, L. Carrington of Fulham, L. Cathcart, E. Chadlington, L. Chalker of Wallasey, B. Chisholm of Owlpen, B. Colwyn, L. Cooper of Windrush, L. Cope of Berkeley, L. Cormack, L. Courtown, E. Craigavon, V.

Crathorne, L. Cumberlege, B. De Mauley, L. Deighton, L. Denham, L. Dixon-Smith, L. Dobbs, L. Dunlop, L. Eaton, B. Eccles, V. Eccles of Moulton, B. Elton, L. Empey, L. Evans of Bowes Park, B. Fairfax of Cameron, L. Fall, B. Farmer, L. Faulks, L. Feldman of Elstree, L. Fellowes of West Stafford, L. Fink, L. Finn, B. Flight, L. Fookes, B. Forsyth of Drumlean, L. Fowler, L. Framlingham, L. Freeman, L. Freud, L. Gardiner of Kimble, L. [Teller] Gardner of Parkes, B. Geddes, L. Gilbert of Panteg, L. Glendonbrook, L. Goldie, B. Grade of Yarmouth, L. Greenway, L. Griffiths of Fforestfach, L. Hague of Richmond, L. Hailsham, V. Hamilton of Epsom, L. Harris of Peckham, L. Hayward, L. Helic, B. Higgins, L. Hodgson of Abinger, B. Hodgson of Astley Abbotts, L. Hooper, B. Horam, L. Howell of Guildford, L. Hunt of Wirral, L. Inglewood, L. James of Blackheath, L. Jenkin of Kennington, B. Jopling, L. Kakkar, L. Keen of Elie, L. Kerr of Kinlochard, L. King of Bridgwater, L. Kinnoull, E. Kirkham, L. Lang of Monkton, L. Lansley, L. Lawson of Blaby, L. Leigh of Hurley, L. Lexden, L. Lindsay, E. Lingfield, L. Liverpool, E. Lothian, M. Lucas, L. Lupton, L. Lyell, L. McColl of Dulwich, L. MacGregor of Pulham Market, L. McIntosh of Pickering, B. Marland, L. Marlesford, L. Mawson, L. Mobarik, B. Morris of Bolton, B. Moynihan, L. Naseby, L. Neville-Jones, B. Neville-Rolfe, B. Newlove, B. Noakes, B. Northbrook, L. Norton of Louth, L. O’Cathain, B. Oppenheim-Barnes, B. O’Shaughnessy, L. Patel, L. Patten, L. Patten of Barnes, L. Perry of Southwark, B. Pidding, B. Popat, L. Porter of Spalding, L. Price, L. Prior of Brampton, L. Rawlings, B. Redfern, B. Ribeiro, L. Ridley, V. Risby, L. Rock, B. Sassoon, L. Scott of Bybrook, B. Seccombe, B. Selborne, E. Selkirk of Douglas, L. Selsdon, L. Shackleton of Belgravia, B. Sheikh, L. Sherbourne of Didsbury, L. Shinkwin, L. Shrewsbury, E. Skelmersdale, L. Smith of Hindhead, L. Stedman-Scott, B. Sterling of Plaistow, L. Stowell of Beeston, B. Strathclyde, L. Stroud, B. Suri, L. Sutherland of Houndwood, L. Tanlaw, L. Taylor of Holbeach, L. [Teller] Taylor of Warwick, L. Tebbit, L. Trefgarne, L. Trenchard, V. Trimble, L. True, L. Tugendhat, L. Ullswater, V. Verma, B. Wakeham, L. Wasserman, L. Wei, L. Wellington, D. Wheatcroft, B. Wilcox, B. Willetts, L. Williams of Trafford, B. Young of Cookham, L. Younger of Leckie, V.

*     The Tellers for the Contents reported 253 votes, the Clerks recorded 252 names.

Housing and Planning Bill

Division No. 4

Lord Beecham moved amendment 119AA, after clause 143, to insert the new clause Minimum space standards for new dwellings. The House divided:

Contents 80

Not-contents 181

Contents Alton of Liverpool, L. Andrews, B. Bassam of Brighton, L. [Teller] Beecham, L. Beith, L. Berkeley, L. Blackstone, B. Blunkett, L. Bradley, L. Bragg, L. Campbell of Pittenweem, L. Campbell-Savours, L. Cashman, L. Chandos, V. Clark of Windermere, L. Clement-Jones, L. Collins of Highbury, L. Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde, B. Desai, L. Donaghy, B. Drake, B. Elystan-Morgan, L. Falkner of Margravine, B. Farrington of Ribbleton, B. Finlay of Llandaff, B. Foster of Bishop Auckland, L. German, L. Giddens, L. Golding, B. Grantchester, L. Hamwee, B. Harris of Haringey, L. Haworth, L. Healy of Primrose Hill, B. Hollis of Heigham, B. Howe of Idlicote, B. Hoyle, L. Hunt of Chesterton, L. Hunt of Kings Heath, L. Jones, L. Jones of Whitchurch, B. Jordan, L. Kennedy of Southwark, L. [Teller] Kennedy of The Shaws, B. Kirkhill, L. Lea of Crondall, L. Lipsey, L. McAvoy, L. McDonagh, B. McFall of Alcluith, L. McKenzie of Luton, L. Masham of Ilton, B. Maxton, L. Morris of Handsworth, L. Morris of Yardley, B. O’Loan, B. Parminter, B. Patel of Bradford, L. Pendry, L. Rea, L. Roberts of Llandudno, L. Royall of Blaisdon, B. Sawyer, L. Sheehan, B. Sherlock, B. Shipley, L. Simon, V. Snape, L. Stoddart of Swindon, L. Taylor of Bolton, B. Taylor of Goss Moor, L. Thornton, B. Tope, L. Uddin, B. Wallace of Saltaire, L. Wheeler, B. Whitty, L. Woolmer of Leeds, L. Wrigglesworth, L. Young of Old Scone, B. Not-contents Aberdare, L. Ahmad of Wimbledon, L. Altmann, B. Anelay of St Johns, B. Arbuthnot of Edrom, L.

Arran, E. Ashton of Hyde, L. Astor of Hever, L. Attlee, E. Balfe, L. Berridge, B. Black of Brentwood, L. Blencathra, L. Borwick, L. Bottomley of Nettlestone, B. Bourne of Aberystwyth, L. Bowness, L. Brabazon of Tara, L. Brady, B. Bridgeman, V. Bridges of Headley, L. Brookeborough, V. Brougham and Vaux, L. Browning, B. Buscombe, B. Byford, B. Caithness, E. Callanan, L. Carrington of Fulham, L. Cathcart, E. Chadlington, L. Chalker of Wallasey, B. Chisholm of Owlpen, B. Colwyn, L. Cooper of Windrush, L. Cope of Berkeley, L. Cormack, L. Courtown, E. Craigavon, V. Crathorne, L. Cumberlege, B. De Mauley, L. Deben, L. Deighton, L. Denham, L. Dixon-Smith, L. Dundee, E. Dunlop, L. Eaton, B. Eccles, V. Eccles of Moulton, B. Elton, L. Empey, L. Evans of Bowes Park, B. Fairfax of Cameron, L. Fall, B. Farmer, L. Faulks, L. Feldman of Elstree, L. Fellowes of West Stafford, L. Fink, L. Finn, B. Flight, L. Fookes, B. Forsyth of Drumlean, L. Fowler, L. Framlingham, L. Freeman, L. Freud, L. Gardiner of Kimble, L. [Teller] Gardner of Parkes, B. Geddes, L. Gilbert of Panteg, L. Glendonbrook, L. Goldie, B. Greenway, L. Griffiths of Fforestfach, L. Hailsham, V. Hamilton of Epsom, L. Harris of Peckham, L. Hayward, L. Higgins, L. Hodgson of Abinger, B. Hodgson of Astley Abbotts, L. Hooper, B. Horam, L. Howard of Lympne, L. Howell of Guildford, L. Hunt of Wirral, L. Inglewood, L. James of Blackheath, L. Jenkin of Kennington, B. Jopling, L.

Keen of Elie, L. Kilclooney, L. King of Bridgwater, L. Kirkham, L. Lang of Monkton, L. Lansley, L. Lawson of Blaby, L. Leigh of Hurley, L. Lexden, L. Lindsay, E. Lingfield, L. Liverpool, E. Lothian, M. Lucas, L. Lyell, L. McColl of Dulwich, L. MacGregor of Pulham Market, L. McIntosh of Pickering, B. Marland, L. Marlesford, L. Mawson, L. Mobarik, B. Morris of Bolton, B. Naseby, L. Neville-Jones, B. Neville-Rolfe, B. Newlove, B. Noakes, B. Northbrook, L. Norton of Louth, L. O’Cathain, B. Oppenheim-Barnes, B. O’Shaughnessy, L. Patten, L. Patten of Barnes, L. Perry of Southwark, B. Pidding, B. Popat, L. Porter of Spalding, L. Powell of Bayswater, L. Price, L. Prior of Brampton, L. Rawlings, B. Redfern, B. Ribeiro, L. Ridley, V. Risby, L. Rock, B. Rogan, L. Sassoon, L. Scott of Bybrook, B. Seccombe, B. Selborne, E. Selkirk of Douglas, L. Selsdon, L. Shackleton of Belgravia, B. Sheikh, L. Sherbourne of Didsbury, L. Shinkwin, L. Shrewsbury, E. Skelmersdale, L. Smith of Hindhead, L. Somerset, D. Stedman-Scott, B. Stowell of Beeston, B. Strathclyde, L. Stroud, B. Suri, L. Sutherland of Houndwood, L. Taylor of Holbeach, L. [Teller] Taylor of Warwick, L. Tebbit, L. Trefgarne, L. Trenchard, V. Trimble, L. True, L. Tugendhat, L. Ullswater, V. Verma, B. Wakeham, L. Wasserman, L. Wei, L. Wheatcroft, B. Wilcox, B. Willetts, L. Williams of Trafford, B. Young of Cookham, L. Younger of Leckie, V.

Housing and Planning Bill

Division No. 5

Lord Kennedy of Southwark moved amendment 122, in clause 145, page 75, line 7, to leave out second "person" and insert "local authority or public body". The House divided:

Contents 12

Not-contents 180

Contents Adonis, L. Bassam of Brighton, L. Beecham, L. Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde, B. Grantchester, L. Hollis of Heigham, B. Kennedy of Southwark, L. [Teller] McAvoy, L. [Teller] McFall of Alcluith, L. Touhig, L. Warwick of Undercliffe, B. Whitty, L. Not-contents Ahmad of Wimbledon, L. Altmann, B. Anelay of St Johns, B. Arbuthnot of Edrom, L. Ashton of Hyde, L. Astor of Hever, L. Attlee, E. Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville, B. Balfe, L. Beith, L. Berridge, B. Blencathra, L. Borwick, L. Bottomley of Nettlestone, B. Bourne of Aberystwyth, L. Brabazon of Tara, L. Brady, B. Bridgeman, V. Bridges of Headley, L. Brougham and Vaux, L. Browning, B. Byford, B. Caithness, E. Callanan, L. Carrington of Fulham, L. Cathcart, E. Chadlington, L. Chalker of Wallasey, B. Chisholm of Owlpen, B. Colwyn, L. Cope of Berkeley, L. Cotter, L. Courtown, E. Crathorne, L. De Mauley, L. Deben, L. Deighton, L. Dixon-Smith, L. Dundee, E. Dunlop, L. Eaton, B. Eccles, V. Eccles of Moulton, B. Elton, L. Empey, L. Evans of Bowes Park, B. Fairfax of Cameron, L. Fall, B. Faulks, L. Feldman of Elstree, L. Fink, L.

Finn, B. Flight, L. Fookes, B. Forsyth of Drumlean, L. Foster of Bath, L. Framlingham, L. Freeman, L. Freud, L. Gardiner of Kimble, L. [Teller] Gardner of Parkes, B. Geddes, L. Gilbert of Panteg, L. Goldie, B. Goodlad, L. Green of Hurstpierpoint, L. Grender, B. Hailsham, V. Hamwee, B. Harris of Peckham, L. Hayward, L. Higgins, L. Hodgson of Abinger, B. Hodgson of Astley Abbotts, L. Hooper, B. Horam, L. Howard of Lympne, L. Howell of Guildford, L. Hunt of Wirral, L. Inglewood, L. James of Blackheath, L. Jenkin of Kennington, B. Jopling, L. Keen of Elie, L. King of Bridgwater, L. Kirkham, L. Lang of Monkton, L. Lansley, L. Lawson of Blaby, L. Leigh of Hurley, L. Lexden, L. Lindsay, E. Lingfield, L. Liverpool, E. Lucas, L. Lyell, L. McColl of Dulwich, L. MacGregor of Pulham Market, L. McIntosh of Pickering, B. Maddock, B. Mancroft, L. Marks of Henley-on-Thames, L. Marlesford, L. Masham of Ilton, B. Mawson, L. Mobarik, B. Morris of Bolton, B. Naseby, L. Neville-Jones, B. Neville-Rolfe, B. Newby, L. Newlove, B. Noakes, B. Northbrook, L. Norton of Louth, L. O’Cathain, B.

O’Shaughnessy, L. Parminter, B. Patel, L. Patten of Barnes, L. Perry of Southwark, B. Pidding, B. Popat, L. Porter of Spalding, L. Price, L. Prior of Brampton, L. Rawlings, B. Redfern, B. Rennard, L. Ribeiro, L. Ridley, V. Risby, L. Robathan, L. Rock, B. Rogan, L. Sassoon, L. Scott of Bybrook, B. Scriven, L. Seccombe, B. Selborne, E. Selkirk of Douglas, L. Selsdon, L. Shackleton of Belgravia, B. Sheikh, L. Sherbourne of Didsbury, L. Shinkwin, L. Shipley, L. Shrewsbury, E. Shutt of Greetland, L. Skelmersdale, L. Smith of Hindhead, L. Smith of Newnham, B. Spicer, L. Stedman-Scott, B. Storey, L. Stowell of Beeston, B. Stroud, B. Suri, L. Taylor of Goss Moor, L. Taylor of Holbeach, L. [Teller] Tebbit, L. Teverson, L. Thomas of Gresford, L. Tope, L. Trefgarne, L. Trenchard, V. Trimble, L. True, L. Tugendhat, L. Ullswater, V. Verma, B. Wakeham, L. Walmsley, B. Wasserman, L. Wheatcroft, B. Wilcox, B. Willetts, L. Williams of Trafford, B. Young of Cookham, L. Younger of Leckie, V.

Housing and Planning Bill

Division No. 6

Lord Kennedy of Southwark moved amendment 123, to leave out clause 145. The House divided:

Contents 35

Not-contents 152

Contents Adonis, L. Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville, B. Bassam of Brighton, L. Beecham, L. Beith, L. Campbell-Savours, L. Corston, B. Cotter, L. Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde, B. Foster of Bath, L. Grantchester, L. Grender, B. Hamwee, B. Hollis of Heigham, B. Kennedy of Southwark, L. [Teller] McAvoy, L. [Teller] McFall of Alcluith, L. Maddock, B. Marks of Henley-on-Thames, L. Murphy of Torfaen, L. Parminter, B. Rennard, L. Robertson of Port Ellen, L. Scriven, L. Shipley, L. Shutt of Greetland, L. Smith of Newnham, B. Taylor of Goss Moor, L. Teverson, L. Thomas of Gresford, L. Tope, L. Touhig, L. Walmsley, B. Warwick of Undercliffe, B. Whitty, L. Not-contents Ahmad of Wimbledon, L. Altmann, B. Anelay of St Johns, B. Arbuthnot of Edrom, L. Ashton of Hyde, L. Astor of Hever, L. Attlee, E. Balfe, L. Berridge, B. Blencathra, L. Borwick, L. Bottomley of Nettlestone, B. Bourne of Aberystwyth, L. Brabazon of Tara, L. Brady, B. Bridgeman, V. Bridges of Headley, L. Brougham and Vaux, L. Browning, B. Byford, B. Caithness, E. Callanan, L. Carrington of Fulham, L. Cathcart, E. Chadlington, L. Chalker of Wallasey, B.

Chisholm of Owlpen, B. Colwyn, L. Cope of Berkeley, L. Courtown, E. Crathorne, L. De Mauley, L. Deben, L. Dixon-Smith, L. Dundee, E. Dunlop, L. Eaton, B. Eccles, V. Eccles of Moulton, B. Elton, L. Empey, L. Evans of Bowes Park, B. Fairfax of Cameron, L. Fall, B. Faulks, L. Feldman of Elstree, L. Fink, L. Finn, B. Flight, L. Fookes, B. Forsyth of Drumlean, L. Framlingham, L. Freeman, L. Freud, L. Gardiner of Kimble, L. [Teller] Geddes, L. Gilbert of Panteg, L. Goldie, B. Goodlad, L. Green of Hurstpierpoint, L. Hailsham, V. Harris of Peckham, L. Hayward, L. Hodgson of Abinger, B. Hodgson of Astley Abbotts, L. Hooper, B. Horam, L. Howard of Lympne, L. Howell of Guildford, L. Hunt of Wirral, L. Inglewood, L. James of Blackheath, L. Jenkin of Kennington, B. Jopling, L. Keen of Elie, L. Kirkham, L. Lang of Monkton, L. Lansley, L. Lawson of Blaby, L. Leigh of Hurley, L. Lindsay, E. Lingfield, L. Liverpool, E. Lucas, L. Lyell, L. McColl of Dulwich, L. MacGregor of Pulham Market, L. McIntosh of Pickering, B. Mancroft, L.

Marlesford, L. Masham of Ilton, B. Mawson, L. Mobarik, B. Morris of Bolton, B. Neville-Jones, B. Neville-Rolfe, B. Newlove, B. Noakes, B. Northbrook, L. Norton of Louth, L. O’Cathain, B. O’Shaughnessy, L. Patel, L. Patten of Barnes, L. Perry of Southwark, B. Pidding, B. Porter of Spalding, L. Price, L. Prior of Brampton, L. Rawlings, B. Redfern, B. Ribeiro, L. Ridley, V. Risby, L. Robathan, L. Rock, B. Rogan, L. Sassoon, L. Scott of Bybrook, B. Seccombe, B. Selborne, E. Selkirk of Douglas, L. Selsdon, L. Shackleton of Belgravia, B. Sheikh, L. Sherbourne of Didsbury, L. Shinkwin, L. Shrewsbury, E. Skelmersdale, L. Smith of Hindhead, L. Spicer, L. Stedman-Scott, B. Stowell of Beeston, B. Stroud, B. Suri, L. Taylor of Holbeach, L. [Teller] Tebbit, L. Trefgarne, L. Trenchard, V. Trimble, L. True, L. Tugendhat, L. Ullswater, V. Verma, B. Wakeham, L. Wasserman, L. Wheatcroft, B. Wilcox, B. Willetts, L. Williams of Trafford, B. Young of Cookham, L. Younger of Leckie, V.