House of Lords debates
Friday, 26 January 2007

  • Business (1 speech)
    My Lords, as the House will know, there is a total of 34 speakers down for the debates today. The debates are not time-limited, but the House should meet the target rising time for Friday of four...
  • Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Bill [HL] (31 speeches)
    My Lords, I beg to move that this Bill be now read a second time. The serious social evil which the Bill seeks to combat and remedy is the forcing of children and young adults to marry against...
  • Fraud (Trials without a Jury) Bill (0 speeches)
    Brought from the Commons; read a first time, and ordered to be printed.
  • Business (1 speech)
    Before we move to the next debate, perhaps I ought to remind your Lordships that although neither of the debates to follow is time-limited, the House has a practice of normally rising by about...
  • Public Demonstrations (Repeals) Bill [HL] (16 speeches, 5 annotations)
    My Lords, I beg to move that this Bill be now read a second time. The Bill's purpose is to delete those clauses in the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 which condition demonstration....
  • Government Spending (Website) Bill [HL] (6 speeches)
    My Lords, I beg to move that this Bill be now read a second time. The Bill is built upon twin pillars of transparency and value for money. I hope it is uncontroversial and will commend itself to...