Monday 14 January 2008 at 2.30pm
*Oral questions, 30 minutes
*Lord Jenkin of Roding to ask Her Majesty’s Government what practical exercises have been carried out in the United Kingdom as part of the preparations to handle an outbreak of pandemic flu.
*Baroness Gardner of Parkes to ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the completion rates for apprenticeships and advanced apprenticeships.
*Baroness Miller of Hendon to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have made an assessment of the study by the charity Citizens Advice, Set Up to Fail, which suggested that many aspiring home owners have been mis-sold unsuitable and costly home loans that are doomed to fail from the start.
*Lord Dearing to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have any plans to increase the resources committed to the rehabilitation of life prisoners who have served more than their tariff.
Local Transport Bill [HL] Lord Bassam of Brighton to move that the amendments for the Report stage be marshalled and considered in the following order:
Clauses 1 to 7
Schedule 1
Clauses 8 to 40
Schedule 2
Clause 41
Schedule 3
Clauses 42 to 67
Schedule 4
| Clauses 68 to 97
Schedule 5
Clauses 98 to 109
Schedule 6
Clauses 110 to 115
Schedule 7
Clauses 116 to 119. |
Climate Change Bill [HL] Committee (day 5) [Lord Rooker] 2nd Report from the Delegated Powers Committee
Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope to ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to reform the Social Fund. (Dinner break business, 1 hour)
Grand Committee in the Moses Room at 3.30pm
Children and Young Persons Bill [HL] Committee (day 2) [Lord Adonis]
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Future Business
Tuesday 15 January at 2.30pm
*Lord Clement-Jones to ask Her Majesty’s Government what are their targets relating to the number of people participating in sport and physical activities.
*Lord Howarth of Newport to ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to conserve and find appropriate contemporary uses for historic buildings in the public sector that become redundant.
*Lord Lloyd of Berwick to ask Her Majesty’s Government when they expect to respond to the Law Commission’s report on murder, published on 28 November 2006.
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [HL] Report [Lord Darzi of Denham]
Lord Sewel to ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their response to the Report of the European Union Committee on European Wine: A Better Deal for All (39th Report, Session 2006-07, HL Paper 184) (Dinner break business, 1 hour)
Grand Committee in the Moses Room at 3.30pm
†Dormant Bank and Building Society Accounts Bill [HL] Committee (day 4) [Lord Davies of Oldham]
Wednesday 16 January at 3.00pm
*Lord Hoyle to ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they have made to the government of Japan about their hunting of whales.
*Lord Sheldon to ask Her Majesty’s Government when the Civil Service Bill announced by the Prime Minister in July 2007 will be introduced.
*Lord Elton to ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the financial and legal liabilities that would arise from ratification of Protocol V to the United Nations Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons.
Local Transport Bill [HL] Report [Lord Bassam of Brighton]
Home Information Pack (Amendment) Regulations 2007 Lord Dixon-Smith to move that a Humble Address be presented to Her Majesty praying that the Regulations, laid before the House on 23 November 2007, be annulled (SI 2007/3301). 5th Report from the Merits Committee (Dinner break business)
It is expected that the Grand Committee on the Children and Young Persons Bill will continue at 3.45pm in the Moses Room
Thursday 17 January at 11.00am
*Viscount Falkland to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will consider placing boxing within the physical education curriculum in schools.
*Baroness Sharp of Guildford to ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they will take to ensure that business will provide the necessary opportunities for work experience for students opting to study the new specialist diploma courses.
*Lord Dykes to ask Her Majesty’s Government when they next intend to discuss the Galileo Project with representatives from the new Slovenian Presidency of the European Union Council of Ministers.
Lord Mawson to call attention to building sustainable communities and securing a worthwhile legacy for the London Olympics; and to move for papers. (Balloted debate, 2½ hours)
Lord Harris of Haringey to call attention to the Work Foundation report Fit for Work? Musculoskeletal disorders and labour market participation and the case for a concerted approach to reduce the social, economic and work impact of musculoskeletal disorders; and to move for papers. (Balloted debate, 2½ hours)
House of Lords Bill [HL] Committee [Lord Steel of Aikwood]
†It is expected that the Grand Committee on the Children and Young Persons Bill will continue at 2.00pm in the Moses Room and that it will conclude
Friday 18 January at 10.00am
Alcohol Labelling Bill [HL] Second Reading [Lord Mitchell]
Kidney Transplant Bill [HL] Second Reading [Baroness Finlay of Llandaff]
If the bill is read a second time, Baroness Finlay of Llandaff to move that the bill be committed to a Committee of the Whole House.
Monday 21 January at 2.30pm
*Lord Fowler to ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to help refugees from the conflict in Iraq.
*Lord Walton of Detchant to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will promote, through the National Blood Service, clinical trials of the Prion Capture (P-CAPT) Filter to assess the value of this device in the prevention of transfusion-induced Variant Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease (vCJD).
*Lord James of Blackheath to ask Her Majesty’s Government what value of loans they have extended under the new Integration Loans for Refugees; and what steps they are intending to take with regard to any arrears or defaulting payments.
*Lord Campbell of Alloway to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will reconsider the allocations for three years to the Ministry of Defence, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Department for International Development rising from £5.4 to £7.9 billion to alleviate concern as to the availability of requisite funding for the armed forces and counter-terrorism.
It is expected that the Report stage of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill will conclude
Grand Committee in the Moses Room at 3.30pm
†Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Bill [HL] Committee [Lord Jones of Birmingham] 2nd Report from the Delegated Powers Committee
Tuesday 22 January at 2.30pm
*Lord Roberts of Conwy to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they propose to change the relationship between the Bank of England and HM Treasury.
*Lord Steel of Aikwood to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will take immediate steps to provide a statutory basis for the House of Lords Appointments Commission that would empower it to take decisions on the size, balance and composition of the House.
*Lord Marlesford to ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to raise the duty-free personal travel allowance from £145.
†Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill Second Reading [Lord Hunt of Kings Heath]
Wednesday 23 January at 3.00pm
*Lady Saltoun of Abernethy to ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the names of the organisations or individuals to whom licences have been issued during the last 18 months by Natural England to release grey squirrels into the wild; and whether the locations of the releases were on Forestry Commission or privately owned land.
*Lord Vinson to ask Her Majesty’s Government, in light of their ambition to reconnect Parliament with the public, whether they will make it a condition of broadcasting licence agreements that broadcasting organisations should state briefly in their main news bulletins the forthcoming day’s business in both Houses of Parliament.
*Lord Giddens to ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their estimate of the likelihood of achieving their target to halve child poverty by 2010 compared with 1999.
It is expected that the Grand Committee on the Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Bill will continue at 3.45pm in the Moses Room
Thursday 24 January at 11.00am
*Earl of Mar and Kellie to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will conduct future negotiations over Scottish sovereignty with a community development ethos.
*Lord Berkeley to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will extend the Tier Two Boatmaster’s Licence to include up to three miles offshore for small and local passenger vessels.
*Lord Pearson of Rannoch to ask Her Majesty’s Government how many tonnes of dead fish are thrown back into the sea each year under the European Union’s common fisheries policy; and what prospect they see of ending this practice.
Lord Fowler to call attention to the position in Iraq and the lessons to be drawn; and to move for papers.
Lord Forsyth of Drumlean to call attention to the role of non-governmental organisations delivering services on behalf of the Government, and related questions of accountability; and to move for papers.
Grand Committee in the Moses Room at 2.00pm
Baroness Cox to ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to contribute to the Vienna Forum on the United Nations Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking (13 to 15 February 2008); and to introduce policies to eliminate the modern-day slave trade in all its forms both at home and abroad. (1 hour)
Baroness Finlay of Llandaff to ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they propose to take in view of the absence of a coroners bill in the legislative programme. (1 hour)
Viscount Montgomery of Alamein to ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the development of the Central American Integration System. (1 hour)
Monday 28 January at 2.30pm
*Lord Wedderburn of Charlton to ask Her Majesty’s Government what advice they have given to companies in the private sector on pay increases.
*Baroness Harris of Richmond to ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their response to the judgment given by Mr Justice Weir in the case of The Queen v Sean Hoey.
*Lord Redesdale to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they support the proposed cuts in primary healthcare in rural Northumberland.
*Lord Naseby to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they continue to support the policy in England to remove all mixed wards in hospitals except for emergency admissions.
It is expected that the Grand Committee on the Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Bill will continue at 3.30pm in the Moses Room and that it will conclude
Tuesday 29 January at 2.30pm
*Lord Smith of Clifton to ask Her Majesty’s Government what has been the cost to date to the Exchequer arising from Metronet going into administration in July 2007.
*Lord Wallace of Saltaire to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to invite a larger number of observers from other states to observe the next United Kingdom parliamentary elections to demonstrate that the principle of reciprocity applies to international oversight of election procedures.
†*Lord Trefgarne to ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the position on the removal of unexploded landmines and other ordnance still lying in the Falkland Islands following the 1982 conflict.
Wednesday 30 January at 3.00pm
*Lord Ezra to ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their long-term policy for electricity generation.
*Lord Hylton to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are considering limits on expenditure by political parties during general elections and on publicity and advertising between general elections.
*Baroness Knight of Collingtree to ask Her Majesty’s Government how they will respond to the recent reports about the levels of malnourishment of patients in NHS hospitals.
Thursday 31 January at 11.00am
†*Lord Harrison to ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress they have made towards meeting the 78 recommendations made in 2002 by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child regarding children’s rights in the United Kingdom.
†*Baroness Hanham to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, with regard to the proposals by Southern Rail to withdraw the Gatwick airport service (Watford to Brighton), they have taken into account the three Route Utilisation Strategies which highlighted the dangers of adding extra passengers to the interchange at Clapham Junction.
Lord Guthrie of Craigiebank to call attention to Her Majesty’s Government’s consultation paper on War powers and treaties (Cm 7239); and to move for papers.
Lord Ramsbotham to call attention to the case for the setting up a Women’s Justice Board; and to move for papers.
Monday 4 February at 2.30pm
*Lord Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the concept of key workers still exists in planning for a possible influenza pandemic.
*Baroness Cumberlege to ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their plan to manage post-graduate medical education.
Tuesday 5 February at 2.30pm
*Lord Barnett to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether their proposals to try to avoid another Northern Rock-type crisis include the question who should be the lender of last resort.
*Lord Janner of Braunstone to ask the Chairman of Committees when the cleaning of the structure of the interior courtyards of the House of Lords will be completed.
*Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer to ask Her Majesty’s Government what changes they are proposing to the law governing the holding of peaceful demonstrations in Parliament Square.
Wednesday 6 February at 3.00pm
*Lord Judd to ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their response to the recommendation of INQUEST in its submission on the Review of Restraint that an independent inquiry should be established to examine the wider issues concerning the treatment of children in the youth justice system.
*Lord Rotherwick to ask Her Majesty’s Government what impact studies are carried out prior to licences being given for the release of grey squirrels into the wild.
*Lord Greaves to ask Her Majesty’s Government how they will respond to the Councillors Commission report Representing the Future.
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Motions for Balloted Debate
Ballot on 5 February for debate on 21 February. Time limit 2½ hours
Lord Harries of Pentregarth to call attention to financial inequality in the United Kingdom; 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 Norton of Louth to call attention to the case for more post-legislative scrutiny by Parliament; and to move for papers.
Lord Tombs to call attention to issues facing the electricity supply industry and to the case for a strategic decision mechanism; and to move for papers.
Lord Harrison to call attention to the British Humanist Association’s reports Quality and Equality: Human Rights, Public Services and Religious Organisations and The Case for Secularism: A Neutral State in an Open Society; and to move for papers.
Baroness Williams of Crosby to call attention to the impact of national tests and league tables on educational achievement; and to move for papers.
Lord Howarth of Newport to call attention to the case for encouraging high-quality architecture in the United Kingdom and for ensuring that design quality is taken into account by local planning authorities; and to move for papers.
Lord Patel to call attention to the recommendations of the Tooke report on modernising medical careers; and to move for papers.
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Select Committee Reports
The date on which the Report was published is in italics
Lord Grenfell to move that this House takes note of the Report of the European Union Committee on The Commission’s Annual Policy Strategy for 2008 (23rd Report, Session 2006-07, HL Paper 123). 4 July 2007.
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Other Motions for Debate
Viscount Montgomery of Alamein to call attention to developments in Latin America; and to move for papers.
Lord Northbourne to call attention to the role of parents in enabling their child to achieve good outcomes at school; and to move for papers.
Lord Clement-Jones to move to resolve that this House regrets the need to use the national lottery to make further payments into the Olympic Lottery Distribution Fund and calls on the Government to minimise the effect of the resulting cuts to lottery funds and in particular guarantee that the Arts, heritage and sport sectors adversely affected by the draft Payments into the Olympic Lottery Distribution Fund etc. Order 2007 benefit from any increase in land value in the Olympic site following completion of the 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Lord Norton of Louth to call attention to the case for improving the form in which legislation is presented to Parliament; and to move for papers.
Earl of Sandwich to call attention to the targets of the Millennium Development Goals in the poorest countries and the action required to achieve them by 2015; and to move for papers.
Lord Alton of Liverpool to call attention to Her Majesty’s Government’s policies on multi-culturalism and community cohesion; and to move for papers.
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Motions relating to Statutory Instruments
Payments into the Olympic Lottery Distribution Fund etc. Order 2007 Lord Clement-Jones to move to resolve that this House calls on the Government to mitigate the impact of this draft Order through exploration of other funding options and to guarantee that the Arts, heritage, sport, charity and voluntary sectors adversely affected by the draft Order benefit from any increase in land value in the Olympic site following completion of the 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic Games. First Report from the Merits Committee
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Questions for Short Debate
Time limit 1 hour or 1½ hours
Lord Harries of Pentregarth to ask Her Majesty’s Government how they intend to respond to human rights abuses in West Papua.
Lord Blaker to ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the prospects for a resolution of the political, economic and human problems in Zimbabwe.
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 Pearson of Rannoch to ask Her Majesty’s Government what they see as the eventual destination of the project of European Union.
Lord Astor of Hever to ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to improve support for the British motorsport industry to ensure it does not lose its global leadership.
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.
Viscount Falkland to ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they propose to take to support the training of disabled people on computers in their own homes.
Lord Bradshaw to ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to deal with overcrowding and capacity on railway services.
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 Best to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have any plans to remove barriers caused by housing benefit restrictions that prevent young people leaving hostels and supported housing projects.
Baroness Byford to ask Her Majesty’s Government what improvements have been made in the management of infectious animal diseases.
Baroness Cox to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether every citizen of the United Kingdom will be protected in the exercise of their freedoms as defined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Lord Teverson to ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to substitute rail travel for air travel within the United Kingdom.
Lord Howarth of Newport to ask Her Majesty’s Government how they intend to develop their policies to link the Arts with healthcare.
Lord Beaumont of Whitley to ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to develop the production of renewable energy in the United Kingdom so as to reduce the United Kingdom’s vulnerability to global gas and oil price fluctuations.
Lord Greaves to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will review the programme for updating the definitive maps of rights of way and in particular the 25-year time limit on making claims for changes.
Baroness Hooper to ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to act upon the findings of the National Audit Office Report on the Overseas Territories.
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.
Lord Ramsbotham to ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to improve the system for managing prisoners serving indefinite sentences.
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.
Lord Sheikh to ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to address the issue of identity theft.
Lord Rix to ask Her Majesty’s Government to what extent the social care needs of adults with a learning disability will be considered in the forthcoming Green Paper on adult social care.
Lord Patel to ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to reduce hospital-acquired infections.
Lord Dholakia to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will use the Migrant Integration Policy Index to inform debates on migrants in Europe.
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.
Baroness Scott of Needham Market to ask Her Majesty’s Government what actions they are taking to tackle the issue of fly-tipping.
Lord Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham to ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to help parents of school age children, especially those on low incomes, to spend quality time with their children at weekends.
Lord Burnett to ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have for the future of inheritance tax and capital gains tax.
Baroness Trumpington to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will examine the present contributions of the police and the Home Office in the identification, prevention, solving and reduction of crime.
Lord Harris of Haringey to ask Her Majesty’s Government how they intend to respond to the issues raised by the Work Foundation report Fit for Work? Musculoskeletal disorders and labour market participation; and what plans they have for achieving a concerted approach to reduce the social, economic and work impact of musculoskeletal disorders.
Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress they have made in the negotiations to extend full Bangladeshi citizenship to the Bihari living in refugee camps in Bangladesh.
Lord Harrison to ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to encourage the co-ordination of fire safety and emergency services across the European Union.
Earl Howe to ask Her Majesty’s Government what are their aims in reviewing Part IX of the Drug Tariff, with particular reference to stoma and incontinence products.
Lord Lloyd-Webber to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will review the level of public support for the refurbishment of West End theatres, with particular reference to the problems and costs caused by the fact that many theatres are listed buildings.
Lord Rotherwick to ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the risks of flooding from inland rivers in the United Kingdom and the role of the Environment Agency as the delegated body for managing it.
Lord Butler of Brockwell to ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to improve the preparation of legislative proposals to Parliament.
Baroness Neuberger to ask Her Majesty’s Government, in light of the Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health report on the cost to business of mental ill health at work, what support they are providing to business to deal with mental ill health at work; and what plans they have to ensure that the public sector leads in this area.
†Baroness Rendell of Babergh to ask Her Majesty’s Government how they propose to combat the increasing threat to women’s health of obesity during pregnancy and childbirth.
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Questions for Written Answer
Tabled on 10 January and due for answer by 24 January.
Lord Selkirk of Douglas to ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the total number of (a) overpayments, and (b) underpayments made to service personnel for each month in 2007. HL1296
Lord Selkirk of Douglas to ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the maximum (a) underpayment, and (b) overpayment made to any individual in the armed services through the Joint Personnel Administration Scheme in 2007. HL1297
Lord Selkirk of Douglas to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the errors relating to underpayments and overpayments under the operation of the Joint Personnel Administration Scheme have been rectified; and, if not, how long they will take. HL1298
Lord Selkirk of Douglas to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether service personnel who have been underpaid by the Joint Personnel Administration Scheme have been repaid the full sum to which they were entitled. HL1299
Lord Selkirk of Douglas to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether action has been taken more quickly to rectify overpayments by the Joint Personnel Administration Scheme rather than underpayments; and how overpayments have been rectified. HL1300
Lord Selkirk of Douglas to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether senior civil servants in the Ministry of Defence are paid through the Joint Personnel Administration Scheme; and, if not, whether they are likely to consider any such proposal. HL1301
Baroness Byford to ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they have taken since the floods in 2007 in England to ensure that providers of essential services, such as water, energy, roads and railways, are taking robust measures to ensure the provision of their services in the face of the effects of climate change. HL1302
Baroness Byford to ask Her Majesty’s Government how many motorcyclists have been killed or injured on rural roads in each of the years 2002 to 2007. HL1303
Baroness Byford to ask Her Majesty’s Government how many motorcyclists have been killed or injured on roads in urban areas in each of the years 2002 to 2007. HL1304
Lord Lester of Herne Hill to ask Her Majesty’s Government what legislative and administrative measures will be needed to give effect to the Protocol to the Treaty of Lisbon on the Application of the Principles of Subsidiarity and Proportionality so as to enable either House of Parliament to invoke the Protocol before the European Court of Justice. HL1305
Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer to ask Her Majesty’s Government what guidance they have issued to Government departments on when the Information Commissioner’s Office should be consulted on proposed legislation and policy development. HL1306
Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer to ask Her Majesty’s Government how many individuals’ data are stored on the National DNA Database; and, of those, how many (a) are convicted criminals; (b) are currently serving a sentence; (c) have not been convicted of a crime; and (d) have never been charged with a recordable offence. HL1307
Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer to ask Her Majesty’s Government how many individuals’ data are stored on the National Fingerprints Database; and, of those, how many (a) are convicted criminals; (b) are currently serving a sentence; (c) have not been convicted of a crime; and (d) have never been charged with a recordable offence. HL1308
Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer to ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the past year, how many sets of fingerprints and biological samples have been taken without consent by each police force in England and Wales. HL1309
Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer to ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the past year, how many individuals’ fingerprints and biological samples have been taken without consent in connection with a non-imprisonable offence. HL1310
Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer to ask Her Majesty’s Government how many sets of (a) fingerprints, and (b) biological samples have been taken by police from individuals who were arrested for a recordable offence and were (1) not charged, and (2) subsequently acquitted. HL1311
Lord Dykes to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will discuss with the Food Standards Agency and the Nutrition Strategy Steering Group the case for modifying the nutritional labelling colour code system, in the light of consumer feedback since the system was introduced. HL1312
Lord Dykes to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether further action is required by the Environment Agency to deal with the unauthorised dumping by chemical companies of toxic waste in landfill sites, following the initial investigation into the Brofiscin Quarry case in South Wales in February 2007.
HL1313
Lord Dykes to ask Her Majesty’s Government what analysis they have made of future opportunities for reducing conventional Common Agricultural Policy support in order to permit greater discretionary spending by member states on targeted objectives, such as increasing the number of United Kingdom dairy farms, which have fallen from 28,000 in 1995 to 13,000. HL1314
Lord Dykes to ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they will bring forward to give farmers more opportunities to work to reduce global warming, in view of the National Farmers Union estimate that 1000 hectares of crops absorbs between 30 and 60 tonnes of carbon per annum. HL1315
Lord Dykes to ask Her Majesty’s Government when they will meet Slovenian European Union presidency representatives to discuss the Common Agricultural Policy financial review and the future of farm support payments systems, prior to the proposed European Union Commission responses in the second quarter of this year. HL1316
Lord Dykes to ask Her Majesty’s Government when they will next discuss proposals to assist the European Commission to proceed with its proposals for full unbundling of the ownership of energy utilities with the Slovenian European Union presidency and the nine countries opposed to the proposals. HL1317
Lord Inglewood to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether alterations to trunk roads and their immediate surroundings in national parks should respect the landscape in which they are set. HL1318
Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty’s Government what information is held by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority regarding the extent to which the centre described in a recent paper (Human Fertility, Volume 10, Issue 3: pages 183-7) had fully complied with either (a) Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) Green-top Guideline No. 5 regarding the reporting of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS), or (b) RCOG Guidelines on the Management of Infertility in Tertiary Care (classification of OHSS) since 1999. HL1319
Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Darzi of Denham on 7 January (WA 151) regarding how the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) is discharging its duties, how the HFEA have accounted for alleged discrepancies in the numbers of eggs used for research, given that a letter from the Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust on 13 December 2007 states that the Trust cannot comment on such information forwarded by the HFEA, and in light of a newspaper report on 8 January stating that the person responsible “was unwilling to reveal the number of eggs that have been taken to date”. HL1320
Lord Laird to ask Her Majesty’s Government how many two-wheeled vehicles are currently licensed in England which are (a) petrol or diesel powered, and (b) electric powered. HL1321
Lord Laird to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have considered incentive arrangements for electric powered vehicles in this year’s budget. HL1322
Lord Jenkin of Roding to ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Darzi of Denham on 18 December 2007 (WA 123-5), why it took until that date to reply to a question due for answer on 20 November; on what date the Department of Health’s head of blood policy first saw the letter sent by the Department which was drafted “using information supplied by [its] blood policy team” to Mrs Harriet Bullock of Southwold, Suffolk, the widow of a haemophilia patient infected with contaminated NHS blood products; on what date or dates the 11 other correspondents who had written to the Department received the same impression as Mrs Bullock; and who, with what consequences, has been held responsible, in the words of the Department’s letter of apology to Mrs Bullock, for “the unfortunate wording of the previous letter” to her. HL1323
Baroness Hanham to ask Her Majesty’s Government what consideration they have given to the fact that the Watford to Brighton service will from December terminate at Clapham Junction, as the rolling stock is to be transferred to Thameslink, and there are no other Electrostar units to provide this service. HL1324
Baroness Hanham to ask Her Majesty’s Government why the solution to the shortage of Electrostar units to service Thameslink is to take them from the Watford to Brighton service, thus curtailing the West London service to Gatwick airport. HL1325
Baroness Hanham to ask Her Majesty’s Government, in light of concerns about the curtailment of the Watford to Brighton rail link which serves Gatwick airport, whether they will press Southern Rail to provide the investment needed to purchase sufficient Electrostar units for both this route and Thameslink. HL1326
Baroness Hanham to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the conversion of a small number of single-voltage trains into dual voltage to enable an increase in the Thameslink service would be preferable to taking the Electrostar units from the current Watford to Gatwick airport service. HL1327
Baroness Hanham to ask Her Majesty’s Government what consideration has been given to bringing back into service the Class 442 trains, which are lying idle in sidings in Eastleigh, to enable the Watford to Brighton (Gatwick airport) service to be maintained. HL1328
Earl Attlee to ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord West of Spithead on 9 January (WA 199), whether a passport control queuing time of 25 minutes for European Economic Area air passengers is an appropriate benchmark. HL1329
Earl Attlee to ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord West of Spithead on 9 January (WA 199), whether a passport control queuing time of 45 minutes for non- European Economic Area air passengers is an appropriate benchmark. HL1330
Earl Attlee to ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord West of Spithead on 9 January (WA 199), whether it is appropriate for airports to use a different passport control queuing time benchmark for European Economic Area (EEA) and non-EEA air passengers.
HL1331
Viscount Montgomery of Alamein to ask Her Majesty’s Government why they have ceased publication of the London Diplomatic List. HL1332
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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.
6 November (20 November)
HL78 Lord Pearson of Rannoch [HO]
7 November (21 November)
HL143 Lord Avebury [CO]
8 November (22 November)
HL203 Baroness Valentine [HO]
15 November (29 November)
HL296 Lord Marlesford [HO]
HL297 Lord Marlesford [HO]
19 November (3 December)
HL315 Lord Avebury [HO]
27 November (11 December)
HL607 Lord Dear [HO]
29 November (13 December)
HL686 Lord Beaumont of Whitley [DfBERR]
3 December (17 December)
HL737 Lord Beaumont of Whitley [DfBERR]
4 December (18 December)
HL772 Lord Fearn [DEFRA]
HL778 Earl of Northesk [CO]
HL779 Earl of Northesk [CO]
HL780 Earl of Northesk [CO]
5 December (19 December)
HL800 Lord Lofthouse of Pontefract [MoJ]
6 December (20 December)
HL836 Lord Alton of Liverpool [DoH]
HL859 Baroness Coussins [DoH]
10 December (24 December)
HL887 Lord Dykes [DEFRA]
HL891 Earl Baldwin of Bewdley [DoH]
HL892 Earl Baldwin of Bewdley [DoH]
HL893 Earl Baldwin of Bewdley [DoH]
HL894 Earl Baldwin of Bewdley [DoH]
11 December (27 December)
HL896 Lord Morris of Aberavon [DfBERR]
HL897 Lord Beaumont of Whitley [DfBERR]
HL902 Lord Roberts of Conwy [MoD]
HL903 Lord Alton of Liverpool [DoH]
HL906 Lord Low of Dalston [DfBERR]
HL919 Baroness Finlay of Llandaff [MoD]
HL922 Lord Dykes [DEFRA]
12 December (27 December)
HL944 Lord Smith of Clifton [DoH]
HL947 Lord Smith of Clifton [DoH]
HL955 Lord Laird [NIO]
HL963 Lord Hylton [HO]
13 December (27 December)
HL983 Lord Macaulay of Bragar [MoD]
HL984 Lord Macaulay of Bragar [MoD]
HL985 Lord Macaulay of Bragar [MoD]
HL986 Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay [DWP]
HL990 Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay [MoD]
HL991 Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay [DfT]
14 December (28 December)
HL1008 Lord Alton of Liverpool [DoH]
HL1015 Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay [HO]
HL1017 Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay [DoH]
HL1018 Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay [DfIUS]
HL1019 Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay [DfBERR]
HL1024 Lord Hanningfield [DfBERR]
HL1027 Lord Hanningfield [DfBERR]
HL1028 Lord Hanningfield [DfBERR]
HL1029 Lord Hanningfield [DfBERR]
HL1033 Earl Attlee [DfBERR]
HL1034 Lord Harrison [DCMS]
17 December (31 December)
HL1039 Lord Harris of Haringey [DoH]
HL1040 Lord Harris of Haringey [HO]
HL1041 Lord Harris of Haringey [HO]
HL1049 Baroness Finlay of Llandaff [DoH]
HL1050 Lord Astor of Hever [MoD]
HL1055 Lord Stoddart of Swindon [HO]
HL1056 Lord Stoddart of Swindon [CO]
HL1059 Lord Mason of Barnsley [DWP]
HL1061 Baroness Whitaker [CLG]
HL1062 Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay [NIO]
HL1066 Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay [FCO]
HL1067 Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay [CLG]
HL1074 Lord Pearson of Rannoch [DfBERR]
HL1075 Lord Pearson of Rannoch [DfBERR]
HL1080 Lord Marlesford [MoD]
18 December (2 January)
HL1084 Lord Lester of Herne Hill [DEFRA]
HL1085 Lord Lester of Herne Hill [DEFRA]
HL1086 Lord Lester of Herne Hill [DEFRA]
HL1093 Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay [CO]
HL1094 Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay [CO]
HL1097 Lord Laird [NIO]
HL1102 Earl of Sandwich [HO]
HL1103 Earl of Sandwich [HO]
Number of questions allocated to each department which are unanswered after 14 days.
| [CLG] 2
| [CO] 7
| [DCMS] 1
| [DEFRA] 6
| [DfBERR] 13
| [DfIUS] 1 |
| [DfT] 1
| [DoH] 13
| [DWP] 2
| [FCO] 1
| [HO] 13
| [MoD] 8 |
| [MoJ] 1
| [NIO] 3
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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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| Alcohol Labelling [HL]
| Private Member’s
| 18 January |
| Kidney Transplant [HL]
| Private Member’s
| 18 January |
| Criminal Justice and Immigration
| Government
| 22 January |
| 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 Select Committee
|
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| Crossrail
| Government
| |
| Committed to a Grand Committee
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| Dormant Bank and Building Society Accounts [HL]
| Government
| 15 January |
| Children and Young Persons [HL]
| Government
| 14 January |
| Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions [HL]
| Government
| 21 January |
| Child Maintenance and Other Payments
| Government
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| Employment [HL]
| Government
| |
| Committed to a Committee of the Whole House
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| Climate Change [HL]
| Government
| 14 January |
| House of Lords [HL]
| Private Member’s
| 17 January |
| Disabled Persons (Independent Living) [HL]
| Private Member’s
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| Powers of Entry etc. [HL]
| Private Member’s
| |
| Waiting for Report
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| Human Fertilisation and Embryology [HL]
| Government
| 15 January |
| Local Transport [HL]
| Government
| 16 January |
| Waiting for Third Reading
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| London Local Authorities and Transport for London Bill
| Private
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| Sent to the Commons
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| Transport for London [HL]
| Private
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| Bournemouth Borough Council [HL]
| Private
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| Manchester City Council [HL]
| Private
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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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| Draft Northern Ireland Arms Decommissioning Act 1997 (Amnesty Period) Order 2008
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| Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2007
|
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| Draft Companies (Late Filing Penalties) and Limited Liability Partnerships (Filing Periods and Late Filing Penalties) Regulations 2008
|
| |
| Draft Statutory Auditors (Delegation of Functions etc.) Order 2008
|
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| Draft Companies (Trading Disclosures) Regulations 2008
|
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| Draft Large and Medium-sized Companies and Groups (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008
|
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| Draft Companies Act 2006 (Amendment) (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008
|
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| Draft Small Companies and Groups (Accounts and Directors’ Report) Regulations 2008
|
| |
| Draft Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Codes of Practice) Order 2008
|
| |
| Draft Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions (Representations and Appeals) (Wales) Regulations 2008
|
| |
| Draft Cornwall (Structural Change) Order 2008
|
| |
| Draft Shropshire (Structural Change) Order 2008
|
| |
| Draft Northumberland (Structural Change) Order 2008
|
| |
| Draft Wiltshire (Structural Change) Order 2008
|
| |
| Draft County Durham (Structural Change) Order 2008
|
| |
| Draft Local Authorities (Alcohol Disorder Zones) Regulations 2008
|
| |
| Draft Greater London Authority Elections (Election Addresses) (Amendment) Order 2008
|
| |
| Draft Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 (Duty to Share Information and Disclosure of Information for Security Purposes) Order 2008
|
| |
| Referred to a Grand Committee and Waiting for Affirmative Resolution
|
| |
| Draft Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (Amendment) Regulations 2007
|
| |
| Waiting for Affirmative Resolution
|
| |
| Draft Payments into the Olympic Lottery Distribution Fund etc. Order 2007
| First Report
| |
| Draft Regional Learning and Skills Councils Regulations 2007
|
| |
| Draft Passenger and Goods Vehicles (Recording Equipment) (Downloading and Retention of Data) Regulations 2008
|
| |
| Draft Electricity and Gas (Carbon Emissions Reduction) Order 2008
|
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Negative Instruments
Instruments reported by the Merits of Statutory Instruments Committee
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| Praying time expires
| To be considered |
| 5th Report
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| Home Information Pack (Amendment) Regulations 2007
| 20 January
| 16 January |
| Energy Performance of Buildings (Certificates and Inspections) (England and Wales) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2007
| 20 January
| |
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Legislative Reform Orders in Progress
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| Regulatory Reform Committee
| To be considered |
| Super-affirmative draft Orders reported following first-stage scrutiny by the Regulatory Reform Committee
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| |
| Draft Legislative Reform (Local Authority Consent Requirements) (England and Wales) Order 2007
| First Report
| |
Examination of Draft Provisional Order
| Tuesday 15 January
|
| 11.00am, in the Private Bill Office |
| Aberdeen City Council
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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 14 January
|
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| Science and Technology
| Select Committee
| 3.30pm |
| Human Rights
| Joint Committee
| 4.00pm |
| Intergovernmental Organisations
| Select Committee
| 4.00pm |
| Tuesday 15 January
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| European Union
| Sub-Committee A Economic and Financial Affairs, and International Trade
| 10.30am |
| Science and Technology
| Sub Committee I Waste Reduction
| 11.00am |
| Economic Affairs
| Select Committee
| 3.30pm |
| Merits of Statutory Instruments
| Select Committee
| 3.30pm |
| House Committee
| Domestic Committee
| 4.00pm |
| European Union
| Select Committee
| 4.15pm |
| Wednesday 16 January
|
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| Communications
| Select Committee
| 10.00am |
| Constitution
| Select Committee
| 10.30am |
| European Union
| Sub-Committee D Environment and Agriculture
| 10.30am |
| European Union
| Sub-Committee F Home Affairs
| 10.30am |
| Statutory Instruments
| Joint Committee
| 4.00pm |
| European Union
| Sub-Committee E Law and Institutions
| 4.15pm |
| Thursday 17 January
|
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| European Union
| Sub-Committee G Social and Consumer Affairs
| 10.00am |
| European Union
| Sub-Committee C Foreign Affairs, Defence and Development Policy
| 10.30am |
| Tuesday 22 January
|
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| Works of Art
| Domestic Committee
| 4.15pm
in Committee Room G |
| Wednesday 23 January
|
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| Science and Technology
| Sub Committee II Medical Screening
| 10.30am |
| Information Committee
| Domestic Committee
| 3.45pm |
| Wednesday 30 January
|
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| Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform
| Select Committee
| 10.30am |
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Minutes of Proceedings of Thursday 10 January 2008
The House met at 11.00am
Prayers were read by the Lord Bishop of Ely.
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Select Committee Report
1 Committee of Selection
The 2nd Report from the Select Committee was made and ordered to be printed. (HL Paper 30)
Public Business
2 Pensions: responsible investment A question was asked by Lord Harrison and answered by Lord McKenzie of Luton.
3 Allotments A question was asked by Baroness Sharples and answered by Baroness Andrews.
4 Road safety A question was asked by Lord Dubs and answered by Lord Bassam of Brighton.
5 Aircraft: luggage A question was asked by Lord Dykes and answered by Lord Bassam of Brighton.
6 Business of the House Lord Rooker, on behalf of the Lord President (Baroness Ashton of Upholland), moved that the debate on the motion in the name of Lord Wallace of Saltaire set down for today shall be limited to 3 hours and that in the name of Lord Greaves to 2 hours. The motion was agreed to.
7 Armed Forces: United States missile defence (3-hour debate) Lord Wallace of Saltaire moved for papers relating to the United Kingdom’s commitment to participate in the United States missile defence system, and to the implications of recent negotiations between the United States and other states for the deployment of that system. After debate, the motion was withdrawn.
8 Energy policy Lord Jones of Birmingham repeated a ministerial statement made in the House of Commons.
9 Local Government: community empowerment (2-hour debate) Lord Greaves moved for papers relating to the Action Plan for Community Empowerment: Building on success and to the case for more initiatives to build sustainable local democratic structures and communities. After debate, the motion was withdrawn.
10 China: human rights A question was asked by Lord Alton of Liverpool and, after debate, answered by Lord Malloch-Brown.
The House adjourned at 6.25pm until Monday 14 January at 2.30pm.
Michael Pownall
Clerk of the Parliaments
Grand Committee Business
The Grand Committee met in the Moses Room at 2.00pm
Dormant Bank and Building Society Accounts Bill [HL] The Grand Committee further considered the bill, beginning with amendment 34. An amendment was agreed to. The Committee adjourned after amendment 59.
The Committee adjourned at 5.53pm
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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.
Command Paper
The following paper was presented to the House by command of Her Majesty:
Nuclear Energy—Meeting the Energy Challenge: Government proposals. (7296)
Affirmative Instrument
The following instrument was laid before the House for approval by resolution:
Draft Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 (Duty to Share Information and Disclosure of Information for Security Purposes) Order 2008, laid under the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.
Negative Instruments
The following instruments were laid before the House:
1 (1) European Regional Development Fund (West Midlands Operational Programme) (Implementation) Regulations 2007 (3618)
(2) European Regional Development Fund (Yorkshire and the Humber Operational Programme) (Implementation) Regulations 2007 (3619)
(3) European Regional Development Fund (South East Operational Programme) (Implementation) Regulations 2007 (3620)
(4) European Regional Development Fund (North East Operational Programme) (Implementation) Regulations 2007 (3621)
(5) European Regional Development Fund (North West Operational Programme) (Implementation) Regulations 2007 (3622)
(6) European Regional Development Fund (South West Operational Programme) (Implementation) Regulations 2007 (3623)
(7) European Regional Development Fund (East of England Operational Programme) (Implementation) Regulations 2007 (3624)
(8) European Regional Development Fund (East Midlands Operational Programme) (Implementation) Regulations 2007 (3625)
laid under the European Communities Act 1972.
2 Immigration and Asylum (Provision of Services or Facilities) Regulations 2007, laid under the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999. (3627)
3 Immigration and Police (Passenger, Crew and Service Information) Order 2008, laid under the Immigration Act 1971. (5)
4 Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 (Data Sharing Code of Practice) Order 2008, laid under the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006. (8)
5 Trade Marks and Trade Marks (Fees) (Amendment) Rules 2008, laid under the Trade Marks Act 1994. (11)
6 Gambling Act 2005 (Advertising of Foreign Gambling) (Amendment) Regulations 2008, laid under the Gambling Act 2005. (19)
Paper not subject to parliamentary proceedings
The following paper was laid before the House:
Draft Code of Practice on the management of information shared by the Border and Immigration Agency, Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs and the Police, laid under the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.
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Judicial Business
Monday 14 January at 10.00am
In Committee Room No. 1
Hearing by the Appellate Committee in the following cause:
R (on the application of M) (FC) (Appellant) v London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham (Respondents)
ISBN 9780 108051784
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