Monday 23 July 2007 at 2.30pm
*Oral questions, 30 minutes
*Lord Bishop of Worcester to ask Her Majesty’s Government when the results of the consultations about voting rights for those serving custodial sentences, and the Government’s response to those consultations, will be made known; and when any necessary legislation will be introduced.
*Baroness Sharples to ask Her Majesty’s Government how they intend to respond to present levels of incidence of human tuberculosis in light of current migratory patterns.
*Baroness Pitkeathley to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to retain questions about carers and caring in the 2011 census.
*Lord Taylor of Holbeach to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they propose to extend the country of origin definition in respect of food labelling.
Lord Bassam of Brighton intends to move the following four motions en bloc: but if any Lord objects the motions must be moved separately to the extent desired.
Private Security Industry Act 2001 (Amendments to Schedule 2) Order 2007 Lord Bassam of Brighton to move that the draft Order laid before the House on 7 June be approved. 19th Report from the Statutory Instruments Committee, Considered in Grand Committee on 17 July
Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Investigation of Protected Electronic Information: Code of Practice) Order 2007 Lord Bassam of Brighton to move that the draft Order laid before the House on 11 June be approved. 19th Report from the Statutory Instruments Committee, Considered in Grand Committee on 17 July
Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Acquisition and Disclosure of Communications Data: Code of Practice) Order 2007 Lord Bassam of Brighton to move that the draft Order laid before the House on 11 June be approved. 19th Report from the Statutory Instruments Committee, Considered in Grand Committee on 17 July
Railway Pensions (Transfer of Pension Schemes) Order 2007 Lord Bassam of Brighton to move that the draft Order laid before the House on 4 June be approved. 19th Report from the Statutory Instruments Committee, Considered in Grand Committee on 17 July
Lord Rooker intends to move the following two motions en bloc: but if any Lord objects the motions must be moved separately.
Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Act 2006 (Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2007 Lord Rooker to move that the draft Order laid before the House on 28 June be approved. 22nd Report from the Statutory Instruments Committee, Considered in Grand Committee on 17 July
Regulatory Reform (Deer) (England and Wales) Order 2007 Lord Rooker to move that the draft Regulatory Reform Order laid before the House on 5 July be approved. 12th Report from the Regulatory Reform Committee, Considered in Grand Committee on 17 July
Lord Evans of Temple Guiting intends to move the following three motions en bloc: but if any Lord objects the motions must be moved separately to the extent desired.
Companies Act 2006 (Commencement No. 3, Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2007 Lord Evans of Temple Guiting to move that the draft Order laid before the House on 9 July be approved. 23rd Report from the Statutory Instruments Committee, Considered in Grand Committee on 17 July
Scotland Act 1998 (Transfer of Functions to the Scottish Ministers etc.) Order 2007 Lord Evans of Temple Guiting to move that the draft Order laid before the House on 20 June be approved. 21st Report from the Statutory Instruments Committee, Considered in Grand Committee on 17 July
Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) (Amendment) Order 2007 Lord Evans of Temple Guiting to move that the draft Order laid before the House on 2 July be approved. 23rd Report from the Statutory Instruments Committee, Considered in Grand Committee on 17 July
European Communities (Definition of Treaties) (Stabilisation and Association Agreement) (Republic of Albania) Order 2007 Baroness Royall of Blaisdon to move that the draft Order laid before the House on 20 June be approved. 21st Report from the Statutory Instruments Committee, Considered in Grand Committee on 17 July
Housing Benefit (Loss of Benefit) (Pilot Scheme) Regulations 2007 Lord McKenzie of Luton to move that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 20 June be approved. 21st Report from the Statutory Instruments Committee, Considered in Grand Committee on 17 July
Parliamentary Constituencies (Amendment) Bill [HL] Third Reading [Lord Baker of Dorking]
Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Bill Commons Amendments [The Lord President (Baroness Ashton of Upholland)]
Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill Committee (day 7) [Baroness Andrews]
Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (Northern Ireland Political Parties) Order 2007 Lord Rooker to move that the draft Order laid before the House on 21 June be approved. 21st Report from the Statutory Instruments Committee (Dinner break business)
Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2003 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2007 Lord Rooker to move that the draft Order laid before the House on 6 June be approved. 20th Report from the Statutory Instruments Committee (Dinner break business)
Grand Committee in the Moses Room at 3.30pm
UK Borders Bill Committee (day 5) [Lord Bassam of Brighton]
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Future Business
Tuesday 24 July at 2.30pm
*Lord Sheldon to ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the prospects for the manufacturing industry in the United Kingdom.
*Earl of Sandwich to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether an enlarged diplomatic presence in Kabul indicates a new emphasis on reconstruction and development in Afghanistan.
*Baroness Rendell of Babergh to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they propose to support the service provided by the InterAct Reading Service, which supplies professional actors to read to stroke patients in hospital.
†*Baroness Walmsley to ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their response to the OfSTED report Parents, carers and schools, published on Wednesday 18 July.
Building Societies (Funding) and Mutual Societies (Transfers) Bill Report [Lord Naseby]
Pensions Bill Commons Reasons [Lord McKenzie of Luton]
Offender Management Bill Commons Amendments and Reasons [Baroness Scotland of Asthal]
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2007 Lord West of Spithead to move that the draft Order laid before the House on 2 July be approved. 22nd Report from the Statutory Instruments Committee
Terrorism Act 2006 (Disapplication of Section 25) Order 2007 Lord West of Spithead to move that the draft Order laid before the House on 11 June be approved. 20th Report from the Statutory Instruments Committee
It is expected that the following two items will be debated together
Data Retention (EC Directive) Regulations 2007 Lord Bassam of Brighton to move that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 28 June be approved. 22nd Report from the Statutory Instruments Committee
Verification of Information in Passport Applications Etc. (Specified Persons) Order 2007 Lord Bassam of Brighton to move that the draft Order laid before the House on 28 June be approved. 22nd Report from the Statutory Instruments Committee
Wednesday 25 July at 3.00pm
Prayers will have been read
*Lord Willoughby de Broke to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the exclusive mandate given by the European Council on 23 June to any future intergovernmental conference on the European Union is legally binding.
*Lord Smith of Clifton to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to require all public companies to disclose the pay gap between directors and their employees.
*Lord Wallace of Saltaire whether they will publish a paper setting out which aspects of the Justice and Home Affairs provisions of the European Union Treaties they have opted out of, and on which of those aspects they have formal or informal opt-in arrangements.
Further Education and Training Bill [HL] Commons Amendments [Lord Triesman]
Revised Funding Code Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to move that the draft Code laid before the House on 14 June be approved. 21st Report from the Statutory Instruments Committee (Dinner break business)
Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (Amendment etc.) (General Qualifications Bodies) (Alteration of Premises and Enforcement) Regulations 2007 Lord Adonis to move that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 26 June be approved. 22nd Report from the Statutory Instruments Committee (Dinner break business)
It is expected that the Committee stage of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill will conclude.
Thursday 26 July at 11.00am
*Baroness Byford to ask Her Majesty’s Government what role they envisage British agriculture playing in reaching the Road Transport Fuel Obligation target.
*Lord Grantchester to ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they now propose to take to combat the incidence of tuberculosis in cattle following the recent Independent Scientific Group report.
*Baroness Gardner of Parkes to ask Her Majesty’s Government how many commonholds have been registered under the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002; and what encouragement they are giving to developers to build residential commonhold properties on the Olympic site.
Privileges The Chairman of Committees to move that the First Report from the Select Committee be agreed to. (HL Paper 140)
Sustainable Communities Bill Committee [Lord Marlesford]
The Lord President (Baroness Ashton of Upholland) to move that this House takes note of The Government’s Draft Legislative Programme (Cm 7175).
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Motions for Debate
Lord Dykes to call attention to the economic and social conditions in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank; and to move for papers.
Viscount Montgomery of Alamein to call attention to developments in Latin America; and to move for papers.
Baroness Stern to move that this House takes note of the Council of Europe Convention on the Prevention of Terrorism, Cm. 6907, presented to Parliament on 24 July; and requests that Her Majesty’s Government do not ratify it until the Joint Committee on Human Rights has reported on its implications.
Lord Alton of Liverpool to call attention to conflict in Africa; and to move for papers.
Lord Norton of Louth to call attention to the case for changing the form in which legislation is presented to Parliament; and to move for papers.
Lord Hylton to call attention to the current treatment and condition of migrant workers; and to move for papers.
Lord Dykes to call attention to bank charges and costs to individual customers; and to move for papers.
Lord Teverson to call attention to the current operations and future development of the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme; and to move for papers.
Lord Teverson to call attention to the growth of private equity in the financing of British industry; and to move for papers.
Lord Morris of Manchester to call attention to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Disabled People; and to move for papers.
Lord Mitchell to call attention to the management of information technology projects in the public sector; and to move for papers.
Lord Cobbold to call attention to the report Drugs—facing facts by the RSA Commission on Illegal Drugs, Communities and Public Policy, published in March 2007; and to move for papers.
Earl of Glasgow to call attention to the opportunities and challenges facing the United Kingdom tourism industry; and to move for papers.
Lord Selsdon to call attention to the present condition of the Royal Navy; and to move for papers.
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Motions relating to Statutory Instruments
Earl Attlee to move to resolve that this House regrets the Government’s decision to exempt the police and the armed forces from the provisions of the Vehicle Drivers (Certificates of Professional Competence) Regulations 2007 (SI 2007/605).
Guidance issued under section 182 of the Licensing Act 2003 Lord Clement-Jones to move to resolve that this House disapproves the Guidance laid before the House on 28 June.
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Motions relating to Select Committee Reports
The date on which the Report was published is in italics
Lord Renton of Mount Harry to move that the First Report from the Information Committee on Improving Facilities for Educational Visitors to Parliament (HL Paper 117) be agreed to. 11 June 2007
Lord Wright of Richmond to move that this House takes note of the Report of the European Union Committee on Schengen Information System II (SIS II) (9th Report, HL Paper 49). 2 March 2007
Lord Wakeham to move that this House takes note of the Report of the Economic Affairs Committee on The Impact of Economic Sanctions (2nd Report, HL Paper 96). 9 May 2007
Baroness Thomas of Walliswood to move that this House takes note of the Report of the European Union Committee on Improving the mental health of the population: can the European Union help? (14th Report, HL Paper 73). 24 April 2007
Lord Broers to move that this House takes note of the Report of the Science and Technology Committee on Radioactive Waste Management: an Update (4th Report, HL Paper 109). 3 June 2007
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Questions for Short Debate
Time limit 1 hour or 1½ hours
Lord Pearson of Rannoch to ask Her Majesty’s Government how they propose to honour their commitment that family carers of people with lifelong severe intellectual impairment should be at the heart of decision-making about their relatives’ accommodation, health care and support.
Lord Alderdice to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they would support moves towards developing an inclusive semi-permanent conference table to address the problems of the Middle East.
Lord Carlile of Berriew to ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the future of British architecture.
Baroness Scott of Needham Market to ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress has been made on their capital building programme.
Baroness Neuberger to ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their response to the British Medical Association’s report, Child and adolescent mental health—a guide for healthcare professionals, published in June 2006.
Lord Jenkin of Roding to ask Her Majesty’s Government when they will announce their decision on the provision of Alternatively Secured Pensions.
Viscount Montgomery of Alamein to ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the development of the Central American Integration System.
Lord Harrison to ask Her Majesty’s Government how they are supporting Liverpool in preparing for its role as European Capital of Culture 2008.
Lord Astor of Hever to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the performance of the British Airports Authority is satisfactory.
Lord Faulkner of Worcester to ask Her Majesty’s Government what guidance they are giving to the Gambling Commission to ensure that the integrity of sport is not compromised by the growth of the betting industry.
Lord Barnett to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have any plans to dispense with the Barnett formula.
Lord Dykes to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will undertake a full analysis of the prospects for United Kingdom membership of the eurozone including the risk that further delay will make it harder to achieve United Kingdom membership.
Earl of Listowel to ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress they have made towards the introduction of an allocated mentor and protected time for all newly qualified social workers.
Baroness Howe of Idlicote to ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress has been made in implementing the plans outlined in the Department of Health document, Improving access to audiology services in England; how they intend to ensure that audiology is regarded as a priority area by strategic health authorities and primary care trusts; and what specific role they envisage for the independent sector.
Lord Waddington to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will assist those who served the Crown in Southern Rhodesia before the unilateral declaration of independence, and in many cases afterwards, for whose pensions the government of Zimbabwe took responsibility under the Independence Constitution but who are no longer receiving any pension.
Lord Avebury to ask Her Majesty’s Government what consultations they are holding in connection with the revision of their alcohol harm reduction strategy.
Lord Teverson to ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to substitute long distance passenger travel within the United Kingdom from air to rail.
Baroness Uddin to ask Her Majesty’s Government what efforts they are making to support families of children with special educational needs.
Lord Saatchi to ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the current anti-Americanism in the world.
Lord Sheikh to ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to address the issue of identity theft.
Earl of Dundee to ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to repeal legislation under the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006.
Baroness Quin to ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to improve osteoporosis services within the National Health Service.
Viscount Waverley to ask Her Majesty’s Government what initiatives they are considering to end global terrorism.
Lord Layard to ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have for implementing the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence’s guidelines on the treatment of depression and anxiety disorders.
Lord Campbell-Savours to ask Her Majesty’s Government what proposals they have for the enforcement of a code of conduct for special advisers to Ministers.
Lord Burnett to ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact of planning and fiscal policy on the availability of new residential property.
Baroness Walmsley to ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the effectiveness of their new arrangements for child protection.
Lord Lofthouse of Pontefract to ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the conduct of solicitors and the role of the Legal Complaints Service and Solicitors Regulation Authority in the British Coal Respiratory Disease Litigation.
Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne to ask Her Majesty’s Government how they will support moves towards the establishment of fundamental rights, democracy, justice and the rule of law for the people of Gilgit and Baltistan, Azad Jammu and Kashmir and elsewhere in the region.
Lord Crisp to ask Her Majesty’s Government what proposals they have to fund increased training for health workers in developing countries; and what specific role they envisage for United Kingdom universities and National Health Service institutions.
Lord Howarth of Newport to ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure that local planning authorities take design quality into account when considering planning applications.
Lord Dubs to ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their policy on work opportunities for prisoners.
Lord Maginnis of Drumglass to ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress has been made in the development of a National Strategy for Autistic Spectrum Disorder; and what consultations they are having with the three devolved administrations.
Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer to ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the implementation by local authorities of policies with regard to allotments.
Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer to ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress has been made so far to implement the European Water Framework Directive.
Lord Rodgers of Quarry Bank to ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their latest assessment of the arrangements for preserving Government archives and preparing official histories.
Earl of Sandwich to ask Her Majesty’s Government which of the Millennium Development Goals are, or are not, being met in Afghanistan.
Earl Howe to ask Her Majesty’s Government how implementation of the Musculoskeletal Services Framework is progressing, with particular emphasis on health and employment issues.
Lord Bilimoria to ask Her Majesty’s Government how they propose to develop the teaching of science and mathematics in the United Kingdom so that future generations may be equipped to compete effectively in the emerging global market place.
Lord Bilston to ask Her Majesty’s Government what initiatives they propose to put forward in the further education field.
Lord Steel of Aikwood to ask Her Majesty’s Government what issues they will raise at the upcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Kampala.
Viscount Falkland to ask Her Majesty’s Government what proposals they have to encourage participation in boxing and other forms of martial arts in the run up to the 2012 Olympic Games.
Viscount Waverley to ask Her Majesty’s Government what contribution they are making to the normalisation of the situation in Zimbabwe.
Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress they have made in the negotiations to extend full citizenship to the Bihari living in refugee camps in Bangladesh.
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Questions for Written Answer
Tabled on 20 July and due for answer by 3 August.
Lord Harrison to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have a strategy in respect of the production of films and television programmes for children; whether they will set up a fund for the production of such programmes; what steps they will take to increase the circulation of world films and television programmes to children in the United Kingdom; and, within the extended schools initiative, whether the films on the UK Film Council’s Film Club list reflect films drawn from the wider world which may be of interest to children. HL5011
Lord Colwyn to ask Her Majesty’s Government what strategic plans are in place with respect to the management of research into complementary medicine. HL5012
Lord Wedderburn of Charlton to ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Sainsbury of Turville on 27 March 2001 (WA 50), whether they will publish a similar table showing the annual number of applications made to Employment Tribunals in each of the years 2002 to 2006; the number of applications disposed of; and the percentage of those disposed of which were successful at a hearing, where that information is available. HL5013
Lord Wedderburn of Charlton to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will publish a list of new jurisdictions acquired by Industrial and Employment Tribunals in each of the years 1972 to 2006, and the legal source of each such jurisdiction where that information is available. HL5014
Lord Avebury to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have received reports of a solicitor who has been allowed into Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre (IRC) on two occasions and has taken money from asylum-seekers; whether they will defer the removal of asylum-seekers affected by this to allow them to get representation and to act as witnesses in any criminal proceedings arising from the deception; and whether they will conduct an investigation into the procedures for allowing solicitors into Yarl’s Wood and other IRCs. HL5015
Lord Avebury to ask Her Majesty’s Government on what dates from 21 October 2003 to 27 June 2007 the then Prime Minister either (a) met Mr Rupert Murdoch, or (b) spoke to him on the telephone. HL5016
Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer to ask Her Majesty’s Government, in determining whether a bid for unitary status commands a broad cross-section of support from partners and stakeholders, how much weight they attach to the results of public opinion surveys commissioned by bidding authorities compared to the consultation responses the Government has received from those organisations it has identified as key partners and stakeholders, such as primary care trusts, Learning and Skills Councils, police and voluntary sector organisations. HL5017
Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer to ask Her Majesty’s Government, in their assessment of the responses received from the consultation on proposals to create new unitary councils, whether they are using a methodology to weight those responses; and, if so, what that methodology is. HL5018
Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer to ask Her Majesty’s Government what proportion of local authorities’ budgets for road maintenance are recommended for allocation to road preservation.
HL5019
Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer to ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment has been made of the impact of the Waste and Resources Action Programme’s promotional campaign encouraging local authorities to use recycled aggregate. HL5020
Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer to ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the greenhouse emissions created by road repairs in England each year. HL5021
Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer to ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the number of lorry journeys made in relation to carrying out all road repairs in England each year. HL5022
Lord Maginnis of Drumglass to ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Rooker on 5 February (WA 101), why the Answer differed substantially from a Written Answer to the same question given by the Minister of State for the Northern Ireland Office, Paul Goggins, on 17 July (HC Deb, 185W); and which is the correct reply. HL5023
Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will resist any proposal to extend the scope of the Abortion Act 1967 to Northern Ireland. HL5024
Lord Hylton to ask Her Majesty’s Government what response they received from the government of Israel when the United Kingdom Embassy in Israel on 28 June raised the issues of the closure of Rafah crossing-point and of the Agreement on Movement and Access generally. HL5025
Lord Hanningfield to ask Her Majesty’s Government how many accidents, fatal or otherwise, have been recorded at the Hatfield Peverel junction on the A12 in each of the last 10 years. HL5026
Lord Hanningfield to ask Her Majesty’s Government how much, on a per head of population basis, each county in the East of England region received from central Government for policing in the last financial year. HL5027
Lord Hanningfield to ask Her Majesty’s Government how much, on a per head of population basis, each county in the East of England region received from central Government, including agencies, for flood and sea defences in the last financial year. HL5028
Lord Hanningfield to ask Her Majesty’s Government how much, on a per head of population basis, each county in the East of England region received from central Government for National Health Service services in the last financial year. HL5029
Lord Hanningfield to ask Her Majesty’s Government how much, on a per head of population basis, each county in the East of England region received from central Government for education in the last financial year. HL5030
Lord Hanningfield to ask Her Majesty’s Government how much, on a per head of population basis, each county in the East of England region received from central Government for skills in the last financial year. HL5031
Lord Bradshaw to ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bassam of Brighton on 17 July (WA 18) on railway franchises, how environmental performance is assessed so that a monetary value can be fed into the bidding process; and at what stage in the process this assessment is made. HL5032
Lord Bradshaw to ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bassam of Brighton on 17 July (WA 18) on railway franchises, whether the final stage of the evaluation of bids includes a separate monetary valuation of past performance. HL5033
Lord Bradshaw to ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bassam of Brighton on 17 July (WA 20) on drivers’ hours, whether on-the-spot fines will involve the driver being required to pay the fine before the vehicle is allowed to proceed. HL5034
Baroness Stern to ask Her Majesty’s Government on how many occasions the chemical incapacitate, known as PAVA, has been used in incidents involving (a) juveniles, and (b) young offenders; how many of these incidents involved roof top protests; whether any incidents have been recorded of harm to those who are asthmatic following its use; and, in each incident, what number of medical staff were available at the scene. HL5035
Baroness Stern to ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath on 12 July (WA 252), for how long the young offenders will have no access to sporting facilities whilst the building work takes place; and what arrangements will be made whilst the work takes place to ensure that all young offenders held at Rochester Young Offenders Institution have access to sporting facilities in the open air. HL5036
Lord Renfrew of Kaimsthorn to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, since the promulgation of Iraq (United Nations Sanctions) Order (SI 2003/1519), they have issued licences permitting the export from the United Kingdom of antiquities believed to have been illegally exported after 6 August 1990 from Iraq. HL5037
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Questions unanswered after 14 days
The questions asked on the dates shown in bold were due for answer by the dates in brackets.
The Government department responsible for answering each Question is shown in square brackets.
23 May (6 June)
HL3979 Lord Avebury [HO]
8 June (22 June)
HL4245 Lord Hylton [HO]
20 June (4 July)
HL4427 Lord Mason of Barnsley [MoD]
27 June (11 July)
HL4569 Lord Hylton [HO]
HL4570 Lord Hylton [HO]
28 June (12 July)
HL4604 Lord Hylton [HO]
2 July (16 July)
HL4617 Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay [DfBERR]
HL4637 Lord Roberts of Llandudno [DWP]
3 July (17 July)
HL4650 Baroness Finlay of Llandaff [DoH]
HL4651 Baroness Finlay of Llandaff [DoH]
HL4655 Baroness Finlay of Llandaff [DoH]
HL4663 Baroness Whitaker [DfID]
HL4673 Lord Inglewood [FCO]
HL4674 Lord Inglewood [FCO]
4 July (18 July)
HL4694 Baroness Finlay of Llandaff [DoH]
HL4695 Baroness Finlay of Llandaff [DoH]
HL4697 Baroness Finlay of Llandaff [DoH]
HL4698 Baroness Finlay of Llandaff [DoH]
HL4699 Baroness Finlay of Llandaff [DoH]
HL4710 Viscount Waverley [HO]
HL4711 Viscount Waverley [HO]
HL4717 Lord Morris of Aberavon [MoD]
5 July (19 July)
HL4723 Baroness Finlay of Llandaff [DoH]
HL4729 Lord Ouseley [CLG]
HL4730 Lord Ouseley [HO]
HL4731 Lord Ouseley [HO]
HL4732 Lord Ouseley [CLG]
HL4736 Viscount Waverley [DfBERR]
Number of questions allocated to each department which are unanswered after 14 days.
| [CLG] 2
| [DfBERR] 2
| [DfID] 1
| [DoH] 9
| [DWP] 1
| [FCO] 2 |
| [HO] 9
| [MoD] 2
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Bills in Progress
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| Type of Bill
| To be considered |
| Waiting for Second Reading
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| Bailiffs (Licensing) [HL]
| Private Member’s
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| Leasehold Information [HL]
| Private Member’s
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| Torture (Damages) [HL]
| Private Member’s
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| Royal Commission (Slavery) [HL]
| Private Member’s
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| Life Peerages (Residency for Taxation Purposes) [HL]
| Private Member’s
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| Freedom of Information (Amendment)
| Private Member’s
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| Committed to an Unopposed Bill Committee
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| Transport for London (Supplemental Toll Provisions) [HL]
| Private
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| Committed to a Grand Committee
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| UK Borders
| Government
| 23 July |
| Committed to a Committee of the Whole House
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| Public Demonstrations (Repeals) [HL]
| Private Member’s
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| Interception of Communications (Admissibility of Evidence) [HL]
| Private Member’s
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| Alcohol Labelling [HL]
| Private Member’s
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| House of Lords (Amendment) [HL]
| Private Member’s
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| Television Advertising (Food) [HL]
| Private Member’s
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| European Union (Implications of Withdrawal) [HL]
| Private Member’s
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| Local Government and Public Involvement in Health
| Government
| 23 July |
| Sustainable Communities
| Private Member’s
| 26 July |
| House of Lords [HL]
| Private Member’s
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| Waiting for Report
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| Development Orders (Microgeneration) [HL] (formerly Energy Efficiency and Microgeneration [HL])
| Private Member’s
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| Building Societies (Funding) and Mutual Societies (Transfers)
| Private Member’s
| 24 July |
| Waiting for Third Reading
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| Greater London Authority
| Government
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| Parliamentary Constituencies (Amendment) [HL]
| Private Member’s
| 23 July |
| London Local Authorities and Transport for London
| Private
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| Bournemouth Borough Council [HL]
| Private
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| Manchester City Council [HL]
| Private
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| Sent to the Commons
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| Cluster Munitions (Prohibition) [HL]
| Private Member’s
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| Government Spending (Website) [HL]
| Private Member’s
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| European Union (Information, etc.) [HL]
| Private Member’s
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| Palliative Care [HL]
| Private Member’s
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| Disabled Persons (Independent Living) [HL]
| Private Member’s
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| Piped Music etc. (Hospitals) [HL]
| Private Member’s
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Serious Crime [HL]
(Scottish Parliament Legislative Consent Motion)
| Government
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| Legal Services [HL]
| Government
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| Victims of Overseas Terrorism [HL]
| Private Member’s
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| Corruption [HL]
| Private Member’s
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| Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) [HL]
| Private Member’s
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| Transport for London [HL]
| Private
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| Returned to the Commons amended
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| National Trust (Northern Ireland)
| Private
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| Waiting for consideration of Commons amendments and reasons
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Further Education and Training [HL]
(Scottish Parliament Legislative Consent Motion)
| Government
| 25 July |
| Pensions
| Government
| 24 July |
| Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide
| Government
| 23 July |
| Offender Management
| Government
| 24 July |
| Waiting for Royal Assent
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Statistics and Registration Service
(Scottish Parliament Legislative Consent Motion)
| Government
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Affirmative Instruments in Progress
The Merits of Statutory Instruments Committee has drawn attention to certain instruments in the reports indicated
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| Merits Committee
| To be considered |
| Waiting for consideration by the Statutory Instruments Committee
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| Company and Business Names (Amendment) Regulations 2007
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| Draft Traffic Management Permit Scheme (England) Regulations 2007
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| Draft Police Reform Act 2002 (Standard Powers and Duties of Community Support Officers) Order 2007
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| Draft Criminal Defence Service (Very High Cost Cases) Regulations 2007
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| Considered in Grand Committee and Waiting for Affirmative Resolution
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| Draft Private Security Industry Act 2001 (Amendments to Schedule 2) Order 2007
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| 23 July |
| Draft Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Investigation of Protected Electronic Information: Code of Practice) Order 2007
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| 23 July |
| Draft Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Acquisition and Disclosure of Communications Data: Code of Practice) Order 2007
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| 23 July |
| Draft Scotland Act 1998 (Transfer of Functions to the Scottish Ministers etc.) Order 2007
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| 23 July |
| Draft Railway Pensions (Transfer of Pension Schemes) Order 2007
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| 23 July |
| Draft European Communities (Definition of Treaties) (Stabilisation and Association Agreement) (Republic of Albania) Order 2007
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| 23 July |
| Draft Housing Benefit (Loss of Benefit) (Pilot Scheme) Regulations 2007
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| 23 July |
| Draft Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Act 2006 (Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2007
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| 23 July |
| Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) (Amendment) Order 2007
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| 23 July |
| Draft Companies Act 2006 (Commencement No. 3, Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2007
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| 23 July |
| Waiting for Affirmative Resolution
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| Draft Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2003 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2007
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| 23 July |
| Draft Revised Funding Code
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| 25 July |
| Draft Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (Northern Ireland Political Parties) Order 2007
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| 23 July |
| Draft Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (Amendment etc.) (General Qualifications Bodies) (Alteration of Premises and Enforcement) Regulations 2007
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| 25 July |
| Draft Data Retention (EC Directive) Regulations 2007
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| 24 July |
| Draft Verification of Information in Passport Applications Etc. (Specified Persons) Order 2007
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| 24 July |
| Draft Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2007
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| 24 July |
| Draft Terrorism Act 2006 (Disapplication of Section 25) Order 2007
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| 24 July |
| Draft European Communities (Definition of Treaties) (Partnership and Cooperation Agreement) (Republic of Tajikistan) Order 2007
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Regulatory Reform Orders in Progress
The Regulatory Reform Committee has reported on Orders in the reports indicated
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| Regulatory Reform
Committee
| To be considered |
| Proposals reported following first-stage scrutiny by the Regulatory Reform Committee
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| Draft Regulatory Reform (Public Service Vehicles) Order 2005
| 14th Report
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| Proposals reported following second-stage scrutiny by the Regulatory Reform Committee and considered in Grand Committee
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| Draft Regulatory Reform (Deer) (England and Wales) Order 2007
| 12th Report
| 23 July |
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Committees
Unless otherwise indicated, Committees meet in the Lords’ rooms in the Committee Corridor as indicated in the daily broadsheet
| Monday 23 July
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| European Union
| Sub-Committee B Internal Market
| in Brussels |
| Human Rights
| Joint Committee
| 4.00pm |
| Tuesday 24 July
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| Draft Human Tissue and Embryos Bill
| Joint Committee
| 1.00pm |
| Science and Technology
| Select Committee Allergy and Internet Security
| 3.00pm |
| Draft Climate Change Bill
| Joint Committee
| 3.30pm |
| Merits of Statutory Instruments
| Select Committee
| 3.30pm |
| European Union
| Select Committee
| 4.15pm |
| Wednesday 25 July
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| Communications
| Select Committee
| 10.30am |
| European Union
| Sub-Committee F Home Affairs
| 10.30am |
| European Union
| Sub-Committee C Foreign Affairs, Defence and Development Policy
| 4.00pm |
| Statutory Instruments
| Joint Committee
| 4.00pm |
| European Union
| Sub-Committee E Law and Institutions
| 4.15pm |
| Thursday 26 July
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| European Union
| Sub-Committee G Social and Consumer Affairs
| 9.30am |
| Tuesday 9 October
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| European Union
| Sub-Committee A Economic and Financial Affairs, and International Trade
| 10.30am |
| Economic Affairs
| Select Committee
| 3.30pm |
| Wednesday 17 October
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| Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform
| Select Committee
| 10.30am |
| Refreshment Committee
| Domestic Committee
| 4.15pm
in Committee Room G |
| Monday 22 October
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| Procedure Committee
| Domestic Committee
| 4.00pm |
| Wednesday 24 October
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| Works of Art
| Domestic Committee
| 4.15pm
in Committee Room G |
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Minutes of Proceedings of Friday 20 July 2007
The House met at 11.00am
Prayers were read by the Lord Bishop of Norwich
1 House of Lords’ Annual Report It was ordered that the Report for the year 2006-07, as authorised by the House Committee, be printed. (HL Paper 162)
Public Business
2 House of Lords Bill [HL] The Lord President (Baroness Ashton of Upholland) signified the Queen’s consent. Lord Steel of Aikwood moved that the bill be now read a second time. After debate, the motion was agreed to and the bill was committed to a Committee of the Whole House.
The House adjourned at 2.55pm until Monday 23 July at 2.30pm.
Paul Hayter
Clerk of the Parliaments
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Papers
All statutory instruments laid before the House are accompanied by an Explanatory Memorandum presented by command of Her Majesty, unless otherwise indicated.
Negative Instruments
The following instruments were laid before the House:
1 Licensing Act 2003 (Amendment of Schedule 4) Order 2007, laid under the Licensing Act 2003.
(2075)
2 (1) Trade Marks (Amendment) Rules 2007 (2076)
(2) Trade Marks (Fees) (Amendment) Rules 2007 (2077)
laid under the Trade Marks Act 1994.
3 Gambling Act 2005 (Gaming Machines) (Definitions) Regulations 2007, laid under the Gambling Act 2005. (2082)
Paper not subject to parliamentary proceedings
The following paper was laid before the House:
Report and Accounts for 2006-07 of the Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, laid under the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003.
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Judicial Business
Friday 20 July
1 Cusworth (Petitioner) v British Gas Services Limited and others (Respondents) The petition of Stephen Ronald Cusworth praying for leave to appeal was presented without payment of the fee, such fee having been waived by the Appeal Committee pursuant to Standing Order XIII; the said petition was referred to an Appeal Committee (lodged 5 July).
2 Yeoman’s Row Management Limited (Appellants) and another v Cobbe (Respondent) The appeal was set down for hearing and referred to an Appellate Committee.
3 Gallagher (Valuation Officer) (Respondent) v Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Appellants) The petition of the appellant praying that the time for lodging the statement and appendix and setting down the cause for hearing might be extended to 5 September (the agents for the respondent consenting thereto) was presented; and it was ordered as prayed.
4 Simmers (Respondent) v Innes (Appellant) (Scotland) The petition of the appellant praying that the time for lodging the statement and appendix and setting down the cause for hearing might be extended to 4 September or to the third sitting day after the next ensuing meeting of the House (the agents for the respondent consenting thereto) was presented; and it was ordered as prayed.
Monday 23 July at 11.00amIn Committee Room No. 1
Hearing by the Appellate Committee in the following cause:
Yeda Research and Development Company Limited (Appellants) v Rhone-Poulenc Rorer International Holdings Inc and others (Respondents)
ISBN 9780 108051265
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